Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
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:
$14,710,307,588
Number of records:
90
| Top 10 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| mortgage abuses | $5,576,500,000 | 2 |
| toxic securities abuses | $3,620,500,000 | 6 |
| banking violation | $2,966,932,386 | 14 |
| False Claims Act | $1,200,000,000 | 1 |
| consumer protection violation | $534,800,000 | 2 |
| wage and hour violation | $205,403,723 | 24 |
| anti-money-laundering deficiencies | $163,500,000 | 3 |
| securities issuance or trading violation | $155,724,465 | 4 |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $148,000,000 | 1 |
| investor protection violation | $43,180,441 | 6 |
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 dollar total above may be adjusted to account for the fact that the list of 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. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Associated Names:
AG EDWARDS; AG EDWARDS AND SONS; FIRST UNION BANK; PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES; STRONG CAPITAL MGT; WACHOVIA; WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS; WACHOVIA FINANCIAL SVC; WACHOVIA NATIONAL BANK NA; WELLS FARGO; WELLS FARGO BANK 1692; WELLS FARGO BANK NA D / B / A WELLS FARGO DEALER SVC; WELLS FARGO BANK NA MUNICIPAL PROD GROUP; WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL BANK; WELLS FARGO INSURANCE SVC; WELLS FARGO SECURITIES
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| Company | Primary Offense Type |
Year |
Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prudential Securities Incorporated | securities issuance or trading violation | 2000 | SEC | $5,880,000 |
| First Union Bank | labor relations violation | 2000 | NLRB | $9,116 |
| Wachovia National Bank, N.A. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2000 | EBSA | $30,000,000 |
| Prudential Securities, Inc. | data submission deficiencies | 2002 | CFTC | $65,000 |
| A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. | data submission deficiencies | 2003 | CFTC | $45,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | economic sanction violation | 2003 | OFAC | $5,500 |
| Prudential Securities, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2003 | SEC | $382,000 |
| First Union Bank | economic sanction violation | 2004 | OFAC | $18,740 |
| Wachovia Bank | economic sanction violation | 2004 | OFAC | $11,000 |
| Wachovia Corporation | investor protection violation | 2004 | SEC | $37,000,000 |
| Strong Capital Management, Inc. | securities issuance or trading violation | 2004 | SEC | $140,000,000 |
| Wachovia Securities, LLC | securities issuance or trading violation | 2004 | SEC | $4,844,465 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $228,209 |
| Wachovia Bank | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $5,798,744 |
| Wachovia Bank | economic sanction violation | 2005 | OFAC | $5,500 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | economic sanction violation | 2005 | OFAC | $42,833 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2005 | OCC | $115,000 |
| A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2006 | SEC | $125,000 |
| Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | investor protection violation | 2006 | SEC | $125,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2006 | WHD | $5,152 |
| Wachovia Bank | economic sanction violation | 2007 | OFAC | $11,000 |
| A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. | financial institution supervision failures | 2007 | SEC | $3,860,000 |
| 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 |
| A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc. | economic sanction violation | 2008 | OFAC | $122,358 |
| Wachovia Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2008 | OCC | $10,000,000 |
| WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL BANK | banking violation | 2009 | FDIC | $125,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2009 | OCC | $51,205 |
| 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 |
| Wachovia Bank N.A. | banking violation | 2010 | OCC | $50,000,000 |
| Wachovia Bank | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2010 | FINCEN | $110,000,000 |
| Wachovia Bank N.A. | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2010 | USAO | $50,000,000 |
| 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 Bank N.A. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $148,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2011 | OCC | $34,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | banking violation | 2011 | FED | $85,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Securities LLC | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | SEC | $11,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | Americans with Disabilities Act | 2011 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $16,055,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank NA | wage and hour violation | 2011 | WHD | $31,770 |
| 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 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | banking violation | 2012 | FED | $87,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,342,200,000 |
| Wells Fargo | toxic securities abuses | 2012 | SEC | $6,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $234,300,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $280,000 |
| Wells Fargo | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $1,991,141,181 |
| Wells Fargo | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $591,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $869,000,000 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK #1692 | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $12,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors LLC | securities issuance or trading violation | 2014 | SEC | $5,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Home Mortgage | discriminatory practices | 2014 | HUD | $5,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | employment discrimination | 2014 | EEOC | $290,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | employment discrimination | 2014 | EEOC | $295,000 |
| 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 | consumer protection violation | 2015 | CFPB | $34,800,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2015 | OCC | $4,000,000 |
| Wachovia | toxic securities abuses | 2015 | NCUA | $53,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | employment discrimination | 2015 | OFCCP | $14,000 |
| 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 Bank, National Association | False Claims Act | 2016 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,200,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | banking violation | 2016 | OCC | $70,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | student loan abuses | 2016 | CFPB | $4,010,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | banking violation | 2016 | CFPB | $100,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | banking violation | 2016 | OCC | $35,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | data submission deficiencies | 2016 | CFTC | $400,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act | 2016 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $4,100,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2016 | WHD | $11,874 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Municipal Products Group | investor protection violation | 2016 | SEC | $440,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act | 2016 | OCC | $20,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2017 | OSHA | $5,400,000 |
| Wells Fargo | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2017 | OSHA | $577,500 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A., d/b/a Wells Fargo Dealer Services | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act | 2017 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $5,400,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2017 | SEC | $3,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $13,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $685,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,900,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | banking violation | 2018 | OCC | $500,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | consumer protection violation | 2018 | CFPB | $500,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $27,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,090,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors LLC | investor protection violation | 2018 | SEC | $5,108,441 |
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