Ex-Wells Fargo Employees Sue, Allege They Were Punished For Not Breaking Law

‘Former Wells Fargo employees who say they were fired for following the law have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.6 billion in damages as the fallout continues over the creation of millions of secret, unauthorized bank accounts.
Two employees are named in the lawsuit, filed on behalf of all the bank’s employees in the past 10 years who were penalized for not making sales quotas.
As The Two-Way has reported, Wells Fargo settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this month over allegations of widespread illegal activities. Thousands of employees opened bank accounts without customer approval, investigators say — more than 2 million such accounts may have been created.’
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