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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses	$11,542,492,252	60
financial offenses	$10,735,220,989	127
competition-related offenses	$3,212,570,000	6
government-contracting-related offenses	$1,204,046,786	2
employment-related offenses	$921,403,204	65

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer protection violation	$5,790,156,743	40
mortgage abuses	$5,625,783,671	7
banking violation	$4,091,194,886	18
toxic securities abuses	$3,637,750,000	7
fraud	$3,000,000,000	1

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network	anti-money-laundering deficiencies	2014	FINRA	$1,500,000
Wells Fargo Financial California, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2005	CA-DFPI	$1,621,010
Wells Fargo Bank	wage and hour violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$1,850,000
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC	investor protection violation	2009	MULTI-FIN	$1,900,000
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC	investor protection violation	2012	FINRA	$1,931,488
Wells Fargo Insurance Services	wage and hour violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$2,000,000
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC	investor protection violation	2011	FINRA	$2,000,000
Wachovia Securities LLC	investor protection violation	2007	FINRA	$2,000,000
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC	investor protection violation	2020	FINRA	$2,075,000
Strong Capital Management, Inc.	investor protection violation	2006	SEC	$2,185,927
Wells Fargo	consumer protection violation	2004	NY-AG	$2,900,000
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC	investor protection violation	2005	FINRA	$2,970,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2014	private lawsuit-state	$3,000,000
Wells Fargo Investments	investor protection violation	2005	FINRA	$3,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	consumer protection violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$3,190,000
Wachovia Securities, LLC	investor protection violation	2011	NJ-AG	$3,200,000
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC	investor protection violation	2013	FINRA	$3,250,000
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC	investor protection violation	2017	FINRA	$3,400,000
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC	anti-money-laundering deficiencies	2017	SEC	$3,500,000
Wells Fargo Advisors	wage and hour violation	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$3,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2011	private lawsuit-state	$3,520,000
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.	investor protection violation	2007	SEC	$3,860,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$3,900,000
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	banking violation	2015	OCC	$4,000,000
Wells Fargo Advisors	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$4,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank	consumer protection violation	2015	NY-DFS	$4,000,000
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo Prime Services, LLC	investor protection violation	2016	FINRA	$4,000,000
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	investor protection violation	2014	FINRA	$4,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank	consumer protection violation	2016	CFPB	$4,010,000
Wells Fargo Bank	False Claims Act and related	2008	USAO	$4,046,786
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	consumer protection violation	2016	DOJ_RIGHTS	$4,100,000
Wachovia Securities	investor protection violation	2009	FINRA	$4,500,000
WFS Financial, Inc.	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$4,550,000
Wachovia Securities, LLC	investor protection violation	2004	SEC	$4,844,465
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC	investor protection violation	2014	SEC	$5,000,000
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2014	HUD	$5,000,000
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC	investor protection violation	2018	SEC	$5,108,441
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Insurance, Inc.	insurance violation	2019	CA-INS	$5,345,816
Wells Fargo Bank N.A., d/b/a Wells Fargo Dealer Services	consumer protection violation	2017	DOJ_RIGHTS	$5,400,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A	workplace whistleblower retaliation	2017	OSHA	$5,400,000
Wachovia Bank	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$5,798,744
Prudential Securities Incorporated	investor protection violation	2000	SEC	$5,880,000
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.	investor protection violation	2000	FINRA	$5,890,000
Wells Fargo	toxic securities abuses	2012	SEC	$6,500,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$6,660,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$6,720,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	consumer protection violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$6,778,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$6,900,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	consumer protection violation	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$6,945,095
Wells Fargo Advisors	anti-money-laundering deficiencies	2022	SEC	$7,000,000
Wells Fargo & Company	benefit plan administrator violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$7,420,000
Wells Fargo	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$7,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$7,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$7,800,000
Wells Fargo	consumer protection violation	2016	WV-AG	$8,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank	privacy violation	2016	CA-AG	$8,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$8,750,000
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC	wage and hour violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$9,500,000
Wells Fargo Financial Leasing, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$10,000,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$10,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank	wage and hour violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$10,928,870
Wells Fargo Securities LLC	toxic securities abuses	2011	SEC	$11,000,000
A.G. Edwards	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$12,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank	employment screening violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$12,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	consumer protection violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$12,000,000
Wachovia Corporation	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$12,350,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	consumer protection violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$12,500,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$12,800,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2017	private lawsuit-state	$13,000,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	consumer protection violation	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$13,460,000
Wells Fargo Bank	mortgage abuses	2015	MD-AG	$13,800,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	investor protection violation	2019	CFTC	$14,475,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$15,000,000
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC	investor protection violation	2015	FINRA	$15,000,000
Wells Fargo & Company	Americans with Disabilities Act	2011	DOJ_RIGHTS	$16,055,000
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.	wage and hour violation	2024	private lawsuit-federal	$16,600,000
Wells Fargo	toxic securities abuses	2018	IL-AG	$17,250,000
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC	investor protection violation	2019	SEC	$17,363,847
Wells Fargo & Company	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$17,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	consumer protection violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$18,500,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	employment discrimination	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$18,700,000
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	consumer protection violation	2016	OCC	$20,000,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$20,000,000
A.G. Edwards	wage and hour violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$20,000,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	investor protection violation	2020	MD-AG	$20,000,000
Wells Fargo & Company	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$20,820,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	consumer protection violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$21,864,673
Wells Fargo	workplace whistleblower retaliation	2022	OSHA	$22,000,000
Wells Fargo	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$23,700,000
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC	investor protection violation	2007	MULTI-FIN	$24,650,000
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC	investor protection violation	2006	MULTI-AG	$25,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	wage and hour violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$25,696,122
Wells Fargo & Co.	consumer protection violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$25,750,000
Wells Fargo	wage and hour violation	2018	private lawsuit-state	$27,500,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	privacy violation	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$28,000,000
Wachovia National Bank, N.A.	benefit plan administrator violation	2000	EBSA	$30,000,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	economic sanction violation	2023	OFAC	$30,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	consumer protection violation	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$30,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	privacy violation	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$30,446,022
Wells Fargo Advisors	employment discrimination	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$32,000,000
Evergreen Investment Management Company	investor protection violation	2007	SEC	$32,500,000