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

  1. February 09, 2022

    Judge Prohibits DOJ From Giving Wells Fargo Docs To IRS

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to disclose to the IRS certain documents that Wells Fargo designated as confidential in its $1.2 billion settlement from 2016 over mortgage fraud claims.

  2. April 08, 2016

    Wells Fargo Gets Judge's Nod For $1.2B FHA Fraud Deal

    A New York federal judge on Friday signed off on a $1.2 billion settlement to be paid by Wells Fargo NA to resolve allegations it defrauded the Federal Housing Administration by submitting insurance claims for defaulted loans that didn't meet the agency's standards.

  3. October 22, 2015

    Wells Fargo Gets Some Docs In $189M Mortgage Suit

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday granted Wells Fargo & Co. access to a small portion of roughly 179 documents withheld by the federal government in its $189 million mortgage insurance fraud suit against the banking giant, but found that the majority of the requested information was protected or irrelevant.

  4. August 20, 2015

    Feds Fight Wells Fargo Bid For Docs In $189M Mortgage Suit

    The federal government told a New York federal judge Wednesday that Wells Fargo & Co. shouldn't be allowed access to documents withheld from its $189 million mortgage insurance fraud suit, saying the release of some documents doesn't waive protections for all of them.

  5. July 20, 2015

    Wells Fargo Slams Clawback In $189M Mortgage Fraud Row

    Wells Fargo Bank NA blasted federal prosecutors for "clawing back" over 1,000 documents in the waning hours of discovery in the government's $189 million mortgage insurance fraud suit, arguing in New York federal court Friday that the documents cannot be reclaimed at will.

  6. June 29, 2015

    Feds Call Ex-Wells Fargo VP's Discovery Claims Reckless

    Federal prosecutors on Monday said that they had gone "above and beyond" their legal requirements to provide documents to a former Wells Fargo & Co. vice president in an increasingly heated discovery battle related to a government mortgage fraud suit against the bank.

  7. June 25, 2015

    Wells Fargo, Ex-Exec Blast Doc Clawbacks In Fraud Suit

    Wells Fargo & Co. and its former vice president each told a New York federal judge Wednesday that the government wrongly clawed back documents in its case accusing the bank of mortgage fraud, with the former executive saying the misconduct should sink a government statute of limitations claim.  

  8. May 26, 2015

    KBR Ruling May Force Gov't To Cut Wells Fargo Fraud Claims

    The federal government will likely be forced to drop some claims in its $189 million mortgage fraud suit against Wells Fargo & Co. in New York federal court, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday limiting a wartime pause on the expiration of government fraud claims.

  9. April 22, 2015

    Feds Blast Wells Fargo, Exec's 'Scorched-Earth' Discovery

    Prosecutors on Tuesday said a federal judge should deny a request from Wells Fargo & Co. and one of its executives that he force the government to hand over additional documents in a $189 million mortgage fraud suit, saying that the defendants were engaged in a "scorched-earth" discovery strategy.

  10. April 17, 2015

    Wells Fargo Exec Wants Gov't Docs In $189M Fraud Suit

    A Wells Fargo Bank NA executive asked a New York federal judge on Thursday to make the government release 179 withheld documents in a $189 million mortgage insurance suit against the bank, saying the government has failed to show a lawful rationale for withholding them.