The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in subprime investments it sold as the housing market was collapsing.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said in a civil complaint filed Friday in Manhattan federal court that Goldman failed to disclose that one of its clients helped create, and then bet against, subprime mortgage securities that Goldman sold to other investors.

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