Wells Fargo boosts number of unauthorized accounts to 3.5M
A review commissioned by Wells Fargo has increased the number of falsified accounts at the bank from 2.1 million to nearly 3.5 million. Last year, the CFPB fined the bank for the “widespread illegal practice of secretly opening unauthorized deposit and credit card accounts.”
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