
Wells Fargo account scandal News


Wells Fargo Discloses Rising Legal Risks as Sales Abuse Settlement Talks Proceed
Wells Fargo & Co. boosted an estimate for potential legal losses by $500 million while disclosing that it's in early talks to resolve another round of probes into sales abuses at its branches. ...
Wells Fargo Will Fork Over $575M to Resolve Sales-Practices Scandal
Wells Fargo & Co will pay $575 million to settle claims made by U.S. states, the latest settlement as the bank works to resolve lingering investigations and legal battles stemming from its ...
Wells Fargo Settles Phony Bank Account Scandal for $142M
Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday a district court in California approved a $142 million class-action settlement to compensate customers who were affected by a sales scandal related to the opening ...
Wells Fargo Will Pay $480M to Resolve Fake-Accounts Lawsuit
Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay $480 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in which investors accused the bank of securities fraud related to its fake-account scandal. The settlement resolves ...
Wells Fargo, Ex-CEO Fail to Squash Shareholder Lawsuit Over Fake Accounts
A federal judge denied Wells Fargo & Co.'s request to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit triggered by the bank's plummeting stock price after it admitted in 2016 to creating millions of fake accounts, ...
More Legal Crises for Wells Fargo: Lawsuits Over Mortgage and Auto Loans
Wells Fargo & Co is facing litigation over previously disclosed sales problems related to its auto lending and mortgage businesses, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. The ...
How Middle Managers Coerce Employees to Deceive: University Research
Several recent corporate and governmental scandals unfortunately have revolved around middle managers and employees who have attempted to meet lofty performance goals that superiors impose by ...
Wells Fargo, National General Face CA Regulatory Scrutiny in Auto Insurance Scandal
California will investigate whether Wells Fargo & Co and an insurance company harmed hundreds of thousands of residents by selling them insurance they did not need, the state's insurance ...