Rotten Company

Goldman Sachs

Approved Evidence

Added to Rotten Company: 8/26/2026
Conduct/Event period: 2005–2007
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: April 11, 2016
misconduct

Goldman Sachs paid more than $5 billion over misleading mortgage-backed securities

Summary

DOJ and federal and state partners reached a settlement exceeding $5 billion with Goldman Sachs over residential mortgage-backed securities issued between 2005 and 2007. Goldman acknowledged that mortgage pools included loans it knew did not comply with originators' underwriting guidelines and that it failed to disclose important information about risky loans and aggressive lending practices. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/page/file/840391/dl

Evidence Weight
99.93
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.9327090375761
File Weight: 1
Added to Rotten Company: 8/26/2026
Conduct/Event period: 2009–2014
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: October 22, 2020
misconduct

Goldman Sachs paid more than $2.9 billion in 1MDB foreign-bribery resolution

Summary

Goldman Sachs entered a deferred prosecution agreement and its Malaysian subsidiary pleaded guilty in the 1MDB foreign-bribery case. DOJ reported a global monetary amount of about $2.92 billion in connection with the resolution. Source: https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/file/1370171/dl

Evidence Weight
99.93
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.93267128835616
File Weight: 1
Added to Rotten Company: 3/23/2026
Event date not yet documented
misconduct

Greenwashing investigation

Summary

Investigations into ESG claims Potential misleading sustainability practices

Evidence Weight
130.00
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.99981187514904
File Weight: 1.3