Reached At His Tanning Bed, Angelo Mozilo Said He Just Wanted To Know "How That Broad Got Her Hands On My Mission Statement?"

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Rejecting the arguments of Countrywide executives and directors that they were unaware of lax loan operations that led to ballooning defaults, Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer of Federal District Court in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that she found confidential witness accounts in the shareholder complaint to be credible and that they suggested "a widespread company culture that encouraged employees to push mortgages through without regard to underwriting standards."

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