CINCINNATI, Sept. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Utah (Mitchel et al., vs. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association & Wells Fargo & Company (Case No. 2:16-cv-00966-CW) alleges Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Well Fargo & Company (collectively “Wells Fargo”) have engaged “in unethical, and illegal practices called 'gaming.'" Gaming consists of, among other things, opening and manipulating fee generating customer accounts through often unfair, fraudulent, and unlawful means, such as omitting signatures and adding unwanted secondary accounts to primary accounts without permission. Other practices utilized as part of these "gaming" schemes have included misrepresenting the costs, benefits, fees, and/or attendant services that come with an account or product. The complaint, filed by another firm, claims that consumers are have been financially damaged by Wells Fargo’s “knowing theft, engagement in a continuous pattern of fraud, [and] conspiracy to commit fraud.”
Consumers residing in the State of Ohio who (i) had checking, savings, brokerage accounts, financial advisors, mortgages, or used any of Wells Fargo’s banking services; or (ii) have been financially harmed or damaged because of Wells Fargo’s fraudulent conduct, are encouraged to contact Sylvie Derrien, Esq. at (513) 345-8181 or at classaction@statmanharris.com for further information about this action, without any cost of obligation.
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