The U.S. Department of Labor ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate a branch manager and pay her $577,500 in back wages, damages and attorneys' fees after firing her in 2011 for reporting activities she reasonably believed to be bank, wire and mail fraud.
The agency announced the action on Friday.
OSHA investigators found that the Wells Fargo branch in Pomona terminated a branch manager after she raised concerns that "private bankers" working with the company were opening customer accounts and selling bank products without the bank's knowledge.
Investigators said that her ...
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