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By Aaron Nicodemus2022-12-20T18:44:00
Wells Fargo will pay a total of $3.7 billion to address “widespread mismanagement” of auto loans, mortgages, and deposit accounts as part of a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
The CFPB and Wells Fargo announced a consent order Tuesday that required the bank to pay a $1.7 billion fine and return $2 billion to millions of customers who were harmed by its alleged misconduct. The CFPB said in a press release Wells Fargo unlawfully repossessed customer vehicles, improperly denied mortgage modifications that led to wrongful foreclosures, illegally charged surprise overdraft fees, and unlawfully froze customer accounts from at least 2011 through 2022.
Labeling Wells Fargo a “corporate recidivist,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in prepared remarks the order represents the regulator’s attempt to find “a permanent resolution to this bank’s pattern of unlawful behavior.” He called the settlement “a milestone in accountability and reform of Wells Fargo.”
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2023-08-04T16:10:00Z By Jeff Dale
ACI Worldwide is set to pay $20 million as part of a proposed settlement with states related to lax data handling and erroneous transactions that resulted in previous penalties against the company levied by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
2022-11-02T16:03:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
U.S. Bank disclosed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched an investigation into the bank’s administration of unemployment benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2022-10-25T12:30:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
An appeals court’s finding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism to be unconstitutional could affect a multitude of lawsuits filed against the agency, according to legal experts.
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Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-02T13:50:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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