Tag: Banking

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

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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 […]

Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $2.09 Billion Penalty

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October 1, 2018

Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $2.09 Billion Penalty for Allegedly Misrepresenting Quality of Loans Used in Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) […]

Bank of America Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

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January 26, 2018

Bank of America Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit The EEOC announced in a press release that Bank of America, N.A. will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to EEOC’s suit, Bank of America unlawfully denied a reasonable […]

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