Ex-Wells Fargo general counsel fined $3.5M for fake accounts role
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-19T18:20:00
General Counsel James Strother agreed to a $3.5 million settlement to become the seventh former senior executive at Wells Fargo fined by the OCC for their role in the bank’s fake account scandal.
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