FDIC goes after former execs of failed banks to recover losses

The Housing Wire reports:

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may sue as many as 109 former executives of failed banks in an effort to recover federal losses. According to data, which the agency began releasing Tuesday, the FDIC authorized lawsuits to recover approximately $2.5 billion.

The FDIC can sue former bank officials after a bank failure in what it calls a "personal liability lawsuit," because the federal agency absorbs all the losses from the failure. Before seeking recoveries from former officials, the FDIC investigates the cause of each bank's failure.

No word yet from William Daley or Rahm Emanuel on this story.