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Wells Fargo Fake Accounts

vs. Wells Fargo Bank

Wells Fargo employees opened millions of unauthorized accounts. The bank paid $3.7 billion in consumer restitution and penalties.

Filed Year

2016

Status

settled

Settlement

$3.7B

Plaintiffs

16M+ customers

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