Fraud
Fraud
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All 83,000 CFPs certification information is now published via the same technology that underlies fast-proliferating cryptocurrencies.
February 1 -
The firm has jettisoned a longtime strategy of growing its own leaders.
January 28 -
A niece thought her aunt’s caretaker was stealing. How much can an advisor do?
December 24 -
The banker involved in a case going before the justices is accused of misrepresenting the financial condition of a client.
December 4 -
The payout, to 27,000 victims worldwide, is the third distribution from the $4 billion fund, according to the Justice Department.
November 30 -
Chairman Jay Clayton said he remains worried that cryptocurrency can be too easily stolen or manipulated on exchanges.
November 28 -
FINRA says the firm did not disclose necessary client issues or hacking attempts.
October 31 -
The settlement is the latest cost for Wells Fargo stemming from a phony accounts scandal that erupted in September 2016.
October 22 -
Melvin Leonard Wimmer Jr. is said to have bilked clients out of their retirement savings.
October 3 -
The firm is the first to be censured for violating the Identify Theft Red Flags rule.
September 26 -
John Gregory Schmidt allegedly devised a 14-year scheme that straddled his time with Stifel and Wells Fargo.
September 25 -
One high-net-worth client with more than $20 million in assets took the majority of the losses, the regulator says.
September 24 -
The advisor allegedly sold $13 million worth of high-risk securities without disclosing that she earned commissions of up to 18%.
September 14 -
Joel N. Burstein allegedly helped his father-in-law defraud foreign investors hoping to immigrate to the U.S.
September 7 -
Investment firm blamed fat finger error for 90% decline when losses were really due to poor trading.
August 27 -
The Biltmore Capital fund was dissolved at an almost total loss, but not before Caleb Overton raised $2.2 million from 10 investors.
August 23 -
State Treasurer John Chiang says that Wells Fargo is keeping patterns of abuse hidden from view by resolving customer disputes through private arbitration.
August 23 -
Five fired and barred former registered reps stole more than $1 million from clients over a four-year period, according to the regulator.
August 15 -
The bank continues to battle a series of negative headlines such as erroneous foreclosures, but public and investor reaction has been muted.
August 14 -
The bank recently disclosed in an Aug. 3 filing that it faces a U.S. inquiry into its purchase of low-income housing credits.
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