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Family Holds Vigil For Man Fatally Shot at ATM in Falls Church
Loved ones gathered on Saturday to remember Nelson Alexander who was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at an ATM in Falls Church. This huge turnout, a testament to how much Nelson Alexander was loved. “He was a great person, he was a kind person, and he was a loving person,” Patricia Alexander, the victim’s niece, said. “He loved...
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Family Holds Vigil For Man Killed Outside Fairfax County ATM
The family of a 73-year-old man who was fatally shot at an ATM in Falls Church held a vigil to remember him. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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Consumer Alert: A New Twist on an Old Scam
Grandparent scams have been around for years. Scammers call the victim and claim their grandchild is in grave danger and convince them to send money to help them out of whatever emergency they’re in.
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Scammers Find New Way to Target Elderly Victims
Scammers have found a new way to get victims to send cash to them. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.
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Wells Fargo Tells Workers to Delete TikTok as Security, Privacy Concerns Grow
Wells Fargo is directing employees to delete TikTok from their work phones amid growing concerns over security and privacy from the short-form Chinese-owned video app, NBC News reports. “We have identified a small number of Wells Fargo employees with corporate-owned devices who had installed the TikTok application on their device,” Wells Fargo said in a statement to NBC News on Saturday....
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Wells Fargo to Pay $3 Billion Over Fake Account Scandal
Wells Fargo, the nation’s fourth-largest bank, agreed Friday to pay a $3 billion fine to settle a civil lawsuit and resolve a criminal prosecution filed by the Justice Department over its fake account scandal. Under pressure to meet sales quotas, bank employees opened millions of savings and checking accounts in the names of actual customers, without their knowledge or consent....
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Wells Fargo Pulls Florida Voucher Donations Over Anti-Gay School Policies
Two of the largest banks in the U.S. say they will stop donating millions of dollars to Florida’s private school voucher program after a newspaper investigation found that some of the program’s beneficiaries discriminate against LGBTQ students, NBC News and CNBC reported.
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Former Wells Fargo CEO Fined $17.5M for Sales Scandal
Federal regulators have slapped former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf with a $17.5 million fine for his role in the bank’s sales practices scandal
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$2,500 Peer-to-Peer App Payment Winds Up in Stranger's Account
A man thought he was sending money to his mother through a peer-to-peer payment app, but it wound up in a stranger’s account. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan investigated.
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Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $385M to Settle Car Loan Lawsuit
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $385 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it signed up thousands of auto loan customers for costly car insurance without their consent, resulting in many having their vehicles repossessed. The bank filed the agreement Thursday in a federal court in Santa Ana. It still needs a judge’s approval.
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Online, Mobile Banking Down for Wells Fargo Customers
What appeared to be a nationwide outage was affecting Wells Fargo customers Thursday morning.
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Prince George's, Montgomery Counties Sue Banks Over Mortgages to Minority Citizens
Maryland’s two biggest counties are suing two major banks over alleged predatory and discriminatory mortgage practices.
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Lucky Person in Morgan Hill Has 5 of 6 Winning Numbers: CA Lottery
A lucky person in Morgan Hill won a fairly big chunk of the record Mega Millions jackpot in Friday’s draw, matching 5 of the 6 numbers on a ticket, according to California Lottery. An employee at an AMPM convenient store on Monterey Street and Cochrane Road told NBC Bay Area that a man came in, scanned the ticket and it...
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Wells Fargo to Cut Up to 10 Percent of Workforce Over Next 3 Years
Wells Fargo, the third-biggest U.S. bank, plans to lower its employee headcount by 5 percent to 10 percent in the next three years as part of its ongoing turnaround plan, the company announced Thursday. The bank has 265,000 employees, meaning the reduction would result in a loss of between 13,250 and 26,500 jobs.
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Mega Millions Winners Return to Work at Wells Fargo in San Jose
Employees at a San Jose Wells Fargo branch are celebrating their Mega Millions win in what some say is a rather unusual way. All 11 winners work for the bank on Branham Lane, where customers poured in Monday to congratulate the lucky winners.
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Wells Fargo Customers in Virginia Find Fraudulent Amazon Charges
Tiny, fraudulent Amazon charges added up to hundreds of dollars for customers of one of the nation’s largest banks. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.
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Wells Fargo to Pay $2.1 Billion for Role in Housing Bubble
Wells Fargo agreed Wednesday to pay a $2.1 billion fine to settle allegations it misrepresented the types of mortgages it sold to investors during the housing bubble that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis.
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FBI Seeking ‘Fake Hair Don't Care Bandit' Who Robbed DC, Maryland Banks
The FBI is seeking a woman they’re calling the “Fake Hair Don’t Care Bandit” after she robbed banks in D.C. and Maryland.
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Wells Fargo Paying Back Customers for Add-on Services
Wells Fargo says it has begun paying back customers who purchased add-on services to their accounts without fully understanding all the terms. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.
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Wells Fargo Sold Insurance Customers Didn't Want or Need
Wells Fargo is facing a $1 billion fine for charging unnecessary fees for securing interest rates and selling auto insurance customers didn’t want or need. News4’s Susan Hogan reports.