SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE | COMPLAINT |
COMMISSION, | [Securities Fraud] |
Plaintiff, | 10-CV-___________ ( ) |
v. | ECF CASE |
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. and | Jury Trial Demanded |
FABRICE TOURRE, | |
Defendants. |
Plaintiff, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), alleges as follows against the defendants named above:
OVERVIEW
- The Commission brings this securities fraud action against Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("GS&Co") and a GS&Co employee, Fabrice Tourre ("Tourre"), for making materially misleading statements and omissions in connection with a synthetic collateralized debt obligation ("CDO") GS&Co structured and marketed to investors. This synthetic CDO, ABACUS 2007AC1, was tied to the performance of subprime residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") and was structured and marketed by GS&Co in early 2007 when the United States housing market and related securities were beginning to show signs of distress. Synthetic CDOs like ABACUS 2007-AC1 contributed to the recent financial crisis by magnifying losses associated with the downturn in the United States housing market.
- GS&Co marketing materials for ABACUS 2007-AC1 – including the term sheet, flip book and offering memorandum for the CDO – all represented that the reference portfolio of