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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wells Fargo & Co.
Current Parent Company: Wells Fargo
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $20,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: Wells Fargo agreed to pay $20 million to the State of Maryland in settlement of allegations it misled investors over the safety of its residential mortgage-backed securities.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Maryland Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Maryland
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.