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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wells Fargo
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
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Penalty: $6,500,000
Year: 2012
Date: August 14, 2012
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: toxic securities abuses
Secondary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Wells Fargo's brokerage firm and a former vice president settled allegations of selling investments tied to mortgage-backed securities without fully understanding their complexity or disclosing the risks to investors.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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