The bank charged customers for unnecessary coverage, leading to 25,000 wrongful vehicle repossessions. A new report determined Wells Fargo auto insurance was forcibly sold to customers who did not require this coverage. As a result of the bank’s activity, there were approximately 25,000 wrongful vehicle repossessions. Over 800,000 people who took out Wells Fargo car loans were charged for unnecessary insurance. The added expense of the unnecessary Wells Fargo auto insurance was too much for some borrowers, whose vehicles were wrongfully repossessed. The report showed that among 800,000 of the…
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Prudential insurance policy sales to cease through Wells Fargo
Following the recent account sales scandal at the latter firm a few months ago, product sales are being suspended. Prudential Financial announced this week that the Prudential insurance policy sales by Wells Fargo & Co are suspended. This insurance news follows closely on the heels of the San Francisco bank’s sales practices scandal this fall. Wells Fargo is continuing its management of the fraud scandal backlash from a few months ago. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office worked with federal regulators in announcing that Wells Fargo was caught using fraudulent…
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