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Wells Fargo agrees to $50 million settlement over homeowner fees

Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a racketeering lawsuit accusing it of overcharging hundreds of thousands of homeowners for appraisals ordered after they defaulted on their mortgage loans. The proposed settlement, which requires court approval, was disclosed in a filing on Friday in an Oakland, California federal court. Wells Fargo's settlement of the lawsuit comes as the bank is still recoiling from a scandal over sales targets that drove employees

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Newest weapon in U.S. hunt for insider traders paying off

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – When plumber Gary Pusey pleaded guilty in May to insider trading, it was a victory not just for New York prosecutors but for a little-known squad inside the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that uses data analysis to spot unusual trading patterns. Formed in 2010, the Analysis and Detection Center of the SEC's Market Abuse Unit culls through billions of rows of trading data going back 15 years to identify individuals …

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U.S. charges former American Realty executives with inflating results

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against two former American Realty Capital Properties Inc executives stemming from a 2014 accounting scandal that wiped out roughly $4 billion of the real estate investment trust's market value. Former Chief Financial Officer Brian Block, 44, was charged with six criminal counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy and making false statements, according …

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More than 25,000 Madoff victims now eligible for $4 billion fund

The overseer of a $4 billion U.S. Department of Justice fund for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme said he expected to recommend payouts for at least 25,280 claimants with nearly $4 billion in fraud losses. Richard Breeden, special master of the Madoff Victim Fund, said in an update on his website this week that his office was “substantially” finished with the initial claims review process, having analyzed 63,580 claims covering $67.8 billion of alleged losses…

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New York investigating Exxon over climate statements: source

(Reuters) – The New York attorney general has launched an investigation into whether Exxon Mobil Corp misled the public and shareholders about the risks of climate change. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed the company on Wednesday evening, demanding extensive financial records, emails and other documents, a source familiar with the investigation said on Thursday. Exxon on Thursday said it was weighing a response to the subpoena.

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Ex-Goldman employee pleads guilty over N.Y. Fed leaks

By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc employee pleaded guilty on Thursday to illegally obtaining confidential information from a former colleague at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Rohit Bansal, a former associate at Goldman Sachs, pleaded guilty to a…

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