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Company: Wells Fargo & Company
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
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Penalty: $65,000,000
Year: 2018
Date: October 22, 2018
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The New York Attorney announced that Wells Fargo & Company agreed to pay a $65 million penalty to resolve allegations that the bank made fraudulent statements to investors in connection with its cross-sell business model, related sales practices, and the bank's publicly reported cross-sell metrics.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.