US government fines Wells Fargo $3 billion for its 'staggering' fake-accounts scandal

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The US government fines Wells Fargo $3 billion for its 'staggering' fake-accounts scandal

The settlement with the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, years in the making, resolves Wells Fargo's criminal and civil liabilities for the fake-accounts scandal that erupted nearly four years ago. The deal does not, however, remove the threat of prosecution against current and former Wells Fargo employees.

Not out of the penalty box yetThe agreement removes a major cloud that has been hovering above Wells Fargo for years and shows the emphasis by the bank's new management to move past the scandals. Charlie Scharf, the well-respected former CEO of Visa and Bank of New York Mellon , was hired last year to get the tarnished bank back on track.But Wells Fargo's legal troubles are far from over.

 

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3 billion isn't a lot and not much of a deterrent for a mega bank like Wells Fargo.

What happened to Wells FARGO is what always happens to people who cheat the poor. They think they are winning but they are losing. Don’t envy the wicked!

Money doesn’t affect CEO actions, but jail would. Why not jail them?

They push the price of Silver with ETFs back and buy self physical silver when its time they push it up , what must Fargo pay for this games?

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Fake accounts! Joke! Fake identities for laundered money! Amortization of assets fr. 2008 bailout. Shadow banking! RBC!

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I never had account will these guys, and did it affect my credits scores or social security information?

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They also rape students with high interest rates on loans. Sad

So how much will the Trump Organisation be fined?

$3,000.000,000 in additional writeoffs. Why does government get the money rather the people they hurt.

Let's call it a scandal

The pot calling out the kettle

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Fact: Arbitration is what made this situation much worse!!! Arbitration is fraud!

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Great job USGovernment with assessing such a hefty fine to WellsFargo — maybe this will inspire them to become more ethical in the way they do business!! BreakingNews finance bankingindustry🏦

So how much profit did they make, maybe the fine is just a cost of doing business? Poor little bank.

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Wonder why you're not covering this?

Nothing else broke in 19 hours?

Wth

But the money doesn’t go to the victims

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Scandal ? No this is a crime and the individuals responsible should be named not the company . Somebody decided to create accounts for clients without their knowledge and others knew of this practice . So who is going to jail

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Is that the smell of pardon in the air?

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This scandal sounds like fraud. Perhaps some jail time and breaking up the company would be appropriate.

Like they cant just create some more fake accounts to pay for it!?!

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I've paid $10.00 a month for 10 years to have this account, been to the Philippines for 8 yrs, gave $50.00 per transaction while in ph, yet Wells Fargo calls me the fraudster for buying things from amazon without permission!!! Fuck You Wells Fargo!!!

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That's what's up

Jail time?

Whoa fella lol

Which they will just get back from us in more fees and penalties. Less interest in savings and other accounts.

Ok who’s in favor of reducing banking regulations? It’s a fair question unless fairness is not a part of your political agenda. Sometimes honest companies need verification. Sort of like “Trust but Verify” Now there I go again......😀

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Bank of America is part of this too

They should change the name to Oh Well Fargo....oh well we screwed you, oh well we pay a small fine, oh well the government gets money and no one else, oh well the government will bail wells Fargo out again.....smh🙄

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Shit I need them to erase my student loan

I've been saying they are scam artist since they lied about refinancing back in 2007

So the US Government sues basically the 'Federal Reserve' which controls currency and funds all the banks including the US Government! BUT somehow the Federal reserve isn't part of the US Government? So who then is the Federal Reserve? I bet it's Russia! seanhannity

Wells Fargo is a company of sociopaths.

🤣 Good! Just closed my account with them today!!!

So the fine is less that their profits were last quarter. The Victims get nothing. Half of the fine will be handed back to shareholders [ so the Executives who own the moat shares get a bonus ] and Well Fargo once again can go back to business as usual. Crime does pay..

They’re not worried. Just pass on the cost to the customers.

Good. Fuckers should have gone to jail too

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They should fine Trump for all his fake tax returns.

Probably Russian accounts supporting realDonaldTrump

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Will they Pay a tenth of that?

Is that money going to the trump organization?

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That should help pay Trump's tax cut. Or a couple of weekends back to Maralogo. Republicans hate that he spends so much. They just cant say anything. He's taken their freedom of speech. They cant Express how upset they are with his spending. Its funny to me.

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Where does this money go to?

So wait, Wells Fargo employees who got screwed over don’t get anything, but $500 million of the settlement goes to investors in the stock And you know who the largest investors are, the executives that did this and the Board of Directors!!! I think Bernie Sanders has a point.

Why is Wells Fargo even still in business?

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It's about time. Wells Fargo has been getting away with things like this way too long now and they need to be held responsible!

My God close already!

Fabricating accounts, this is BIG!! You could argue if they’re worth the banking licence

Not good for Warren Buffett, not good...

God's judgement on the age of Greed is here. Plague, collapse, and conflagration. Great Babylon is shaking.

Forgive my student loans then!

Let me guess, it’s a tax write off, amirite?

Damn

That’s a massive fine. Will Wells Fargo pay up?

Where does this money go if ever paid?

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