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Goldman Sachs charged with fraud

April 2010 ... The US government has charged the investment bank Goldman Sachs with fraud.

COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

The US government has charged the investment bank Goldman Sachs with fraud.

Markets in the US fell sharply as a result.

Goldman and one of its vice presidents are accused of misleading investors when selling mortgage securities back in 2007.

Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from New York.