NEW YORK (AP) — The scope of Wells Fargo's fake accounts scandal grew significantly on Thursday, with the bank now saying that 3.5 million accounts were potentially opened without customers' permission between 2009 and 2016. CNN Newsource Wells Fargo also acknowledged that roughly half a million...
Wells Fargo exec in accounts scandal deserves jail time, say prosecutors: ‘Corporate wrongdoers must be sent a clear message’ BYJoel Rosenblatt and Bloomberg September 2, 2023 at 11:49 PM GMT+8Wells Fargo paid $3 billion in penalties in 2020 over its widespread practice of opening checking...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Wells Fargo, one of the leading U.S. banks, has agreed to pay 3 billion U.S. dollars to settle criminal and civil investigations with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its fake accounts scandal,...
LOS ANGELES -- A former Wells Fargo Bank executive accused of overseeing a ruse that created millions of bogus customer accounts has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges likely to send her prison for her role in the scandal. The agreement filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal cou...
wells fargo scandalThe massive Wells Fargo settlement: what you need to know On Friday, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $1 billion to settle allegations that it engaged in mortgage and loan violations that caused its customers to pay advertisement...
While scandal in the banking sector is no surprise, particularly since the global financial crisis of 2008, many were surprised to find Wells Fargo at the center of one. After all, the bank is considered one of the more conservative of the major banks, and with its headquarters in...
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Wells Fargo employees also started complaining that about the unethical behaviors they witnessed or were asked to participate in to the Human Resource Departments, the bank’s internal ethics hotline, branch’s individual managers and supervisors. All which led to the discovery of the fraud scandal...
The bank recently launched an expensive ad campaign on television, radio and online. Wells Fargo said its advertising and promotion spending jumped 51% last quarter. It's been a very difficult nearly two years for Wells Fargo. A wave of controversy, kicked off by the fake-accounts scandal,...
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