Judge OKs $480-million settlement with Wells Fargo shareholders over unauthorized-accounts scandal
A federal judge in San Francisco has signed off on a $480 million settlement in a class-action shareholder lawsuit over Wells Fargo's unauthorized-accounts scandal.
The deal, granted preliminary approval late Tuesday, would compensate Wells Fargo & Co. shareholders for losses they suffered after the bank in 2016 acknowledged it had created perhaps millions of accounts without customers' authorization.
Shareholders, including lead plaintiff Union Asset Management, sued for securities fraud, arguing that
