Tuesday, September 27, 2016

After $25B Loss, Wells Fargo Faces Class Action From Investors

A shareholder class action lawsuit was filed against Wells Fargo on Monday that alleged the firm misled investors about its financial performance and the success of its sales practices.

The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, comes nearly a week after Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf faced Senate lawmakers about his oversight at the bank. 

It also singled out Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt, the now-retired executive at the center of the scandal, for selling more than $31 million of their stock in Wells Fargo at "artificially inflated" prices. 

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