What’s next for Wells Fargo? Bank, execs still in crosshairs
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Kyle Brasseur2020-02-24T20:16:00
Wells Fargo will pay $3 billion to resolve civil and criminal penalties with the DOJ and SEC related to its long-running fake accounts scandal, but the embattled bank—and its former executives—are far from out of the woods.
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