Accounting issues still hurting Fannie Mae

Government-funded financier unable to file quarterly report

Written by AccountancyAge.com

US mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae has blamed unresolved accounting problems for its inability to file its quarterly report with the SEC.

The government funded lender, which already sits under a fraud cloud allegedly involving former executives, said it was not able to file on time because it had not completed its consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of 2007.

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Only last week, the company filed its 2005 annual report in an effort to get caught up on its financial reporting.

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