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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Wells Fargo
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol WFC)
Headquartered in: California
Major Industry: financial services
Specific Industry: banking
Penalty total since 2000: $27,616,269,231
Number of records: 266
| 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:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency  | Penalty Amount |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,900,000 |
| Wells Fargo Insurance Services | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,850,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $3,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $280,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,660,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $100,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,720,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,900,000 |
| Wachovia Financial Services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $450,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $20,000,000 |
| Wachovia Securities | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,000,000 |
| A.G. Edwards | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| A.G. Edwards | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $20,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,800,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | employment discrimination | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $32,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | employment discrimination | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $62,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | benefit plan administrator violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | benefit plan administrator violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,420,000 |
| Wachovia Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,350,000 |
| Wachovia Securities | benefit plan administrator violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,005,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| 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. | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $3,520,000 |
| WFS Financial, Inc. | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,550,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,928,870 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | benefit plan administrator violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $79,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,696,122 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | privacy violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,446,022 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | employment discrimination | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,700,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $95,696,122 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $32,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $20,820,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,750,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,460,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $55,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $142,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,750,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | consumer protection violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,945,095 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $880,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $203,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $140,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,778,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,190,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $125,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $21,864,673 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $386,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Merchant Services LLC | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $81,700,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | wage and hour violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,600,000 |
