Another year, another long litany of bank crimes! While individuals making mistakes often leads to lifetime imprisonment, if you are a white-collar criminal institution, apparently you can still buy your way out of prison.

Here is just *one* crime or dirty dealing from each month of this year:

September: JPMorgan was Ordered To Pay $309 Million For Illegal Credit Card Practices

October : Bank of America was found liable for mortgage fraud

: Bank of America was found liable for mortgage fraud November: Merrill Lynch (now owned by Bank of America) settles for $160 million over charges by 700 black brokers that they were discriminated against by the firm because of their race.



Whew. 2013 in summary?:

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