Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial and face of 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, dies at 84

Mozilo co-founded Countrywide Financial, which became the largest U.S. mortgage lender during the housing boom.
Countrywide engaged in risky subprime lending and its collapse was a catalyst of the 2008 financial crisis.
Mozilo was named one of the "25 People to Blame" for the crisis by Time magazine.
After Countrywide's sale to Bank of America, Mozilo paid $67.5 million to settle insider trading and fraud charges.
Mozilo's role in the subprime mortgage crisis made him a prominent face of the 2008 financial meltdown.