The Wells Fargo Fraudulent Account Case

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The Wells Fargo fraudulent account case started forming during September 8th of 2016. Wells Faro Bank was accused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles City Attorney. The firms claimed that Wells Fargo during 2011 and 2016 created additional fraudulent bank accounts for pre-existing customers. Signing up over 2 million customers for new credit cards and fees that they were unaware of. The fraud allegedly resulted from our company’s sales program where sales associates and managers were urged to provide different products into each of their client’s profile. These demanding quotas resulted in employees being urged to cut corners, opening new deposit accounts without consent

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