
Citigroup agreed to pay $291 million to five states to settle litigation concerning the origination and sale of toxic securities in the period leading up to the financial crisis. The five states and the amounts were: California ($102.7 million), Delaware ($7.35 million), Illinois ($44 million), Massachusetts ($45.7 million) and New York ($92 million). This was part of a larger $7 billion settlement involving the federal government; For more info visit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-federal-and-state-partners-secure-record-7-billion-global-settlement