The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday continued to squeeze the country’s biggest banks for their roles in the financial crisis, securing a $7 billion global settlement with Citigroup Inc. over misrepresentations about residential mortgage-backed securities.

Citigroup will pay a $4 billion civil penalty, an amount the Justice Department said was the largest ever under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act.

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