WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Firms responsible for the 2008 financial crisis will face more government lawsuits, federal and state officials said on Tuesday, a day after New York state sued JPMorgan Chase & Co for fraud over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by Bear Stearns. The civil lawsuit accused Bear Stearns, which was bought by JPMorgan through a government-assisted sale in early 2008, of deceiving investors by leading them to believe the quality of loans in the mortgage-backed securities had been carefully evaluated, even though they had not been. …

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