井戸/弁護士席s Fargo agrees to 支払う/賃金 $385M to settle car 貸付金 訴訟
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo has agreed to 支払う/賃金 at least $385 million to settle a California 訴訟 主張するing it 調印するd up thousands of 自動車 貸付金 顧客s for 高くつく/犠牲の大きい car 保険 without their 同意, resulting in many having their 乗り物s repossessed.
The bank とじ込み/提出するd the 協定 Thursday in a 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Santa Ana. It still needs a 裁判官's 是認.
Another 被告, 国家の General 保険, agreed to 支払う/賃金 $7.5 million, the New York 地位,任命する 報告(する)/憶測d.
San Francisco-based 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 確認するd the 協定 Friday and called it "an important step in making things 権利." The bank's 声明 said that it will be sending checks to 影響する/感情d 顧客s.
The 2017 class-活動/戦闘 訴訟 申し立てられた/疑わしい that for more than a 10年間, 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo tacked on 保険 to 顧客s' car 貸付金s that they didn't need because they had 私的な 保険.
Some 25,000 car owners couldn't 会合,会う the 付加 料金s and had their 乗り物s repossessed, the 控訴 申し立てられた/疑わしい.
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2012, とじ込み/提出する photo, a man walks past a 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 支店 in Philadelphia. 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo has agreed to 支払う/賃金 at least $385 million to settle a California 訴訟 主張するing it 調印するd up thousands of 自動車 貸付金 顧客s for 高くつく/犠牲の大きい car 保険 without their 同意, resulting in many having their 乗り物s repossessed. The bank とじ込み/提出するd the 協定 Thursday, June 6, 2019, in a 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Santa Ana, Calif. It still needs a 裁判官's 是認. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, とじ込み/提出する)
The bank 定評のある in 2017 that $80 million in unnecessary 保険 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s had been 追加するd to 800,000 自動車 貸付金s.
It's one in a 一連の スキャンダルs 伴う/関わるing the banking 巨大(な), starting in 2016 with the 暴露するing of millions of 偽の checking accounts its 従業員s opened to 会合,会う sales 割当s.
That led to the 辞職 of CEO John Stumpf. Last year, the 連邦の Reserve capped the size of 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo's 資産s, and Stumpf's 交替/補充, Tim Sloan stepped 負かす/撃墜する in March. New improprieties had come to light on his watch, 含むing the 自動車 貸付金 問題/発行するs.
連邦の regulators who lost patience with 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo's continued bad 行為 (打撃,刑罰などを)与えるd 厳しい 罰s. 井戸/弁護士席s had to 支払う/賃金 a $1 billion 罰金 last year to the 消費者 財政上の 保護 Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the 通貨. But more importantly, the 連邦の Reserve stepped in and 手錠d 井戸/弁護士席s' ability to grow its 商売/仕事 unt il the bank could 証明する that it had gotten its house in order.
にもかかわらず the 制限s, 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 報告(する)/憶測d in March that it earned $5.86 billion and 利益(をあげる)s rose by 14% from a year earlier, helped by higher 利益/興味 率s.
井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 在庫/株 の近くにd 負かす/撃墜する 29 cents Friday at $45.63 per 株.
FILE - In this March 12, 2019, とじ込み/提出する photo, 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan is questioned by the House 財政上の Services 委員会 about 発覚s the bank had created millions of 偽の bank accounts to reach their 財政上の goals, on (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 Hill in Washington. 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo has agreed to 支払う/賃金 at least $385 million to settle a California 訴訟 主張するing it 調印するd up thousands of 自動車 貸付金 顧客s for 高くつく/犠牲の大きい car 保険 without their 同意, resulting in many having their 乗り物s repossessed. The bank とじ込み/提出するd the 協定 Thursday, June 6, 2019, in a 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Santa Ana, Calif. It still needs a 裁判官's 是認. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, とじ込み/提出する)
FILE - In this April 16, 2007, とじ込み/提出する photo, a 顧客 banks from his 乗り物 at a 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 運動-thru ATM in the Atwater Village 近隣 of Los Angeles. 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo has agreed to 支払う/賃金 at least $385 million to settle a California 訴訟 主張するing it 調印するd up thousands of 自動車 貸付金 顧客s for 高くつく/犠牲の大きい car 保険 without their 同意, resulting in many having their 乗り物s repossessed. The bank とじ込み/提出するd the 協定 Thursday, June 6, 2019, in a 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Santa Ana, Calif. It still needs a 裁判官's 是認. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, とじ込み/提出する)