Wells Fargo to Pay $1.2 Billion in Mortgage Settlement
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A Wells Fargo branch in New York. The San Francisco-based bank is the nation’s largest mortgage lender.CreditEduardo Munoz/Reuters
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to put to rest claims that it engaged in reckless lending under a Federal Housing Administration program that left a government insurance fund to clean up the mess.
The bank, which is the nation’s largest mortgage lender, has been in talks with the government since 2012 over accusations that it improperly classified some F.H.A. loans as qualifying for federal insurance when they did not, and that it knew of the misclassification but failed to inform housing regulators about the deficiencies before filing insurance claims…
Wells Fargo to Pay $1.2 Billion in Mortgage Settlement
