A seventh former senior executive of Wells Fargo Bank has reached a settlement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for his role in the bank’s fake account scandal.

James Strother, the bank’s former general counsel, was ordered to pay $3.5 million by the OCC on Jan. 15 as part of a settlement that also included a personal cease and desist order.

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