Poor investment decisions by executives and volunteers and inadequate oversight by the NCUA were the key factors in the heavy losses at Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union that caused the NCUA to have to conserve it, the agency's Officer of Inspector General concluded.
"Specifically, management and the board's inadequate oversight resulted in Members United purchasing significant holdings of private-label mortgage-backed securities, many of which were later downgraded to subprime and Alt-A, that exposed the credit union to excessive amounts of financial risk," according to the report.
The NCUA conserved Members United last September and liquidated it in October.
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