Bank of America has agreed to pay 17 billion dollars because it______. [original

Bank of America has agreed to pay almost 17 billion dollars for selling toxic mortgage loans that helped trigger the financial crisis in 2008.(4)The bank was accused of misleading investors into buying mortgage-backed securities that the soldiers saved for investments and led to billions of dollars of losses. The US Attorney General Eric Holder said it was the largest deal the Justice Department has ever reached with a bank. "I want to be very clear, the size and the scope of this multi-billion-dollar agreement goes far beyond the cost of doing business.(5)This outcome does not preclude any criminal charges against the bank or its employees, nor was it inevitable. Over these last few weeks, this case would be resolved out of court. "