Fannie Mae Question

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  • In the mid-2000s Fannie Mae was in severe financial difficulty and desperately needed additional capital for the company to survive. What factors prevented Fannie Mae from simply providing potential lenders with misleading financial statements to make the company look like a risk-free investment?