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Wells Fargo to Pay $3B to U.S. to Settle Fake Accounts Scandal

Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil probes into fraudulent sales practices and has admitted to pressuring employees in a fake-accounts scandal, U.S. officials said on Friday, wrapping up one of the …

Wells Fargo Settles Navajo Nation Claims Over Fake Accounts for $6.5 Million

Wells Fargo & Co. will pay the Navajo Nation $6.5 million to settle a lawsuit over “predatory and unlawful practices” by the bank, the Native American tribe said on Thursday. The Navajo Nation sued Wells Fargo in federal and tribal …

Wells Fargo Gets OK on $142M Settlement with Customers Over Phony Accounts

Wells Fargo & Co. said on Friday it received final approval from a district court in California to settle a $142 million class-action lawsuit, which compensates customers affected by a sales scandal related to phony bank accounts. The settlement, in …

Wells Fargo to Pay $480M to Settle Investors’ Suit Over Fake Accounts

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 the main class-action suit brought by shareholders targeting the …

Wells Fargo C-Suite Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Fake Accounts: Judge

A federal judge said current and former Wells Fargo & Co. officers and directors, including Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan, must face nearly all of a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to hold them personally liable for sales abuses and the …

Senators Quiz Wells Fargo CEO, Express Doubt Bank Will Change Ways

U.S. senators slammed Wells Fargo & Co. Chief Executive Tim Sloan on Tuesday for his handling of a massive sales practices scandal at the third-largest American bank and challenged him to allow aggrieved customers to sue. Wells Fargo has disclosed …

Wells Fargo’s Additional Fake Accounts Could Jeopardize $142M Settlement

Wells Fargo & Co.’s disclosure Thursday that employees may have opened significantly more unauthorized accounts than previously stated could jeopardize a $142 million class-action settlement with customers that won preliminary approval from a judge in July. The scandal that helped …

Wells Fargo Nears $142 Million Consumer Settlement Over Fake Accounts

A California judge has granted a preliminary approval for Wells Fargo & Co.’s agreement to pay $142 million, and perhaps more, to customers whose credit scores were harmed by its employees creating fake accounts in their names, the bank said …

Wells Fargo Settles Sham Account Claims for $110 Million

Wells Fargo & Co. said it agreed to pay $110 million to settle a lawsuit by customers challenging its opening of accounts without their permission, a practice that led to a scandal that cost the bank’s chief executive his job. …

Senate Bill Would Let Wells Fargo Customers Sue in Court, Bypass Arbitration

Legislation introduced by two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday would allow Wells Fargo & Co. customers to go to court, instead of private arbitration, to resolve claims about accounts opened without authorization, according to a media release. The bill, which faces …