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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
Penalty: $15,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: July 6, 2015
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and LPL Financial LLC to pay more than $30 million in restitution, including interest, to affected customers for failing to waive mutual fund sales charges for certain charitable and retirement accounts. Wells Fargo, Raymond James and LPL were required to pay affected customers an estimated $15 million, $8.7 million and $6.3 million, respectively.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.