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Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

by The Associated Press
| February 21, 2020 1:30 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in order to meet unrealistic sales goals.

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