Wells Fargo Scandal 2025. Wells fargo operates under a $1.95 trillion asset cap that prevents it from growing until regulators deem it has fixed problems dating back to the fake accounts scandal. Has agreed to pay a total of $3 billion to resolve the u.s.

In the filings, prosecutors described how, even after some wells fargo executives tried to curb the sales abuses, the bank hid the problem from investors by changing its public. Roughly $500 million of the fine will be allocated to the sec.