Money | Germany Germany May Go After Goldman Sachs One of the nation's big lenders nearly collapsed By John Johnson Posted Apr 17, 2010 5:06 PM CDT Copied As security looks on, people enter the Goldman Sachs headquarters in the Lower Manhattan area of New York, Friday, April 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff) Goldman Sachs may soon have another government on its back: Germany will ask the SEC for information about its fraud case against the Wall Street giant. One of Germany's big lenders, IKB, got caught up in Goldman's mortgage investment scheme and required a bailout to avoid collapse, explains the Wall Street Journal. "First we must ask for the documents, then evaluate (them) and then decide about legal steps," said a spokesman for Chancellor Andrea Merkel, confirming a report in a German newspaper. Read These Next Wondering how Cheryl Hines feels about all this? Wonder no more. It's the second-worst wildfire season ever for Canada. It's a survival story fit for a sea shanty. A child was reportedly among those shot dead in a Target parking lot. Report an error