DOJ Bank Fraud Theory Prevails Again In Wells Fargo Case

By Max Stendahl · September 24, 2013, 2:33 PM EDT

A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice may sue Wells Fargo Bank NA under a 1989 law for negatively "affecting" itself through mortgage fraud, marking...

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Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

United States of America v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Case Number

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

October 09, 2012

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