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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Evergreen Investment Management Company
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
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Penalty: $32,500,000
Year: 2007
Date: September 19, 2007
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: securities issuance or trading violation
Mega-Scandal: Market Timing Abuses
Violation Description: Evergreen Investment Management Company and three of its affiliates agreed to pay $29.5 million in disgorgement and $4 million in penalties to settle allegations that, contrary to prospectus disclosures, they allowed certain shareholders to market time and engage in excessive exchange activity in the Evergreen mutual fund complex.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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