Tag: Bank Fraud

Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Criminal Investigations

Attorney Review Guide
February 24, 2020

Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., have agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve their potential criminal and civil liability stemming from a practice between 2002 and 2016 of pressuring employees to meet unrealistic sales goals that led thousands of employees to provide millions of accounts or products to customers […]

Wells Fargo Bank Banker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

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September 10, 2019

Leopoldo Lara Aguilera, a former Wells Fargo personal banker, pleaded guilty in federal court today to money laundering conspiracy and bank fraud according to an announcement from the DOJ. Aguilera was arrested by FBI agents on May 2, 2019, for his participation in an international money laundering organization based in Tijuana, Mexico which operated primarily […]