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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
Penalty: $35,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: February 27, 2020
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network agreed to pay $35 million to resolve allegations of failing to supervise investment advisers and registered representatives who recommended single-inverse ETF investments to retail investors, and for lacking adequate compliance policies and procedures with respect to the suitability of those recommendations.
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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