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:
$21,678,596,719
Number of records:
218
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| financial offenses | $15,948,637,160 | 126 |
| competition-related offenses | $3,148,000,000 | 3 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $1,204,046,786 | 2 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $767,880,813 | 28 |
| employment-related offenses | $609,495,960 | 53 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| mortgage abuses | $5,625,783,671 | 7 |
| banking violation | $3,950,832,386 | 16 |
| toxic securities abuses | $3,637,750,000 | 7 |
| fraud | $3,000,000,000 | 1 |
| investor protection violation | $2,487,362,735 | 82 |
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.
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| Company | Primary Offense Type |
Year |
Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Co. | employment discrimination | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,700,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2021 | HUD | $125,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | banking violation | 2021 | OCC | $250,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | fraud | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,000,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network | investor protection violation | 2020 | SEC | $35,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | investor protection violation | 2020 | SEC | (*) $500,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | investor protection violation | 2020 | MD-AG | $20,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | employment discrimination | 2020 | OFCCP | $7,800,000 |
| 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 Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC | investor protection violation | 2020 | FINRA | $2,075,000 |
| Wells Fargo Securities | investor protection violation | 2019 | SEC | $812,500 |
| Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC | investor protection violation | 2019 | SEC | $17,363,847 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | investor protection violation | 2019 | CFTC | $14,475,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | employment discrimination | 2019 | OFCCP | $283,697 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | wage and hour violation | 2019 | WHD | $57,675 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Insurance, Inc. | insurance violation | 2019 | CA-INS | $5,345,816 |
| Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC | investor protection violation | 2019 | MA-SEC | $450,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | IL-AG | $17,250,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | investor protection violation | 2018 | NY-AG | $65,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | banking violation | 2018 | MULTI-AG | $575,000,000 |
| 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 Advisors | employment discrimination | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC | investor protection violation | 2017 | IL-SEC | $270,000 |
| A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2017 | MO-SEC | $25,672 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | privacy violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,446,022 |
| Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC | investor protection violation | 2017 | FINRA | $3,400,000 |
| Wells Fargo | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2017 | OSHA | $577,500 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2017 | OSHA | $5,400,000 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK, NA | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $9,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,200,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | banking violation | 2016 | OCC | $70,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | consumer protection violation | 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 | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | consumer protection violation | 2016 | WV-AG | $8,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | privacy violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $8,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-LACA | $50,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | wage and hour violation | 2016 | WHD | $38,230 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC | investor protection violation | 2016 | NH-BSR | $35,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors LLC | investor protection violation | 2016 | VT-FIN | $300,000 |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo Prime Services, LLC | investor protection violation | 2016 | FINRA | $4,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC and First Clearing, LLC | investor protection violation | 2016 | FINRA | $1,500,000 |
| 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 & Company | benefit plan administrator violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,420,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | bankruptcy professional violation | 2015 | DOJ_UTP | $81,600,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | mortgage abuses | 2015 | MA-AG | $675,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | mortgage abuses | 2015 | MD-AG | $13,800,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | consumer protection violation | 2015 | NY-DFS | $4,000,000 |
| WELLS FARGO ADVISORS | investor protection violation | 2015 | VA-SEC | $205,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC | investor protection violation | 2015 | FINRA | $15,000,000 |
| 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 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 Bank N.A. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $62,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | wage and hour violation | 2014 | WHD | $100,001 |
| Wells Fargo Fund Distributor, LLC | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-DFPI | $8,000 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2014 | FINRA | $1,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | investor protection violation | 2014 | FINRA | $4,000,000 |
| 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 Advisors | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | economic sanction violation | 2013 | OFAC | $23,937 |
| Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC | investor protection violation | 2013 | FINRA | $3,250,000 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK #1692 | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $12,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | banking violation | 2012 | FED | $87,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $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 | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*) $1,005,233,716 |
| Wells Fargo | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MD-AG | $940,056 |
