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 Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. Report an error