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Federal prosecutors have indicted 20 people in a multimillion-dollar international online fraud scheme.

The case announced Thursday stems from a lengthy investigation out of Kentucky led by U.S. Secret Service agents.

The scheme unfolded on websites like Craigslist and eBay, and the fraudsters would post false ads for expensive items like cars that didn't exist. Prosecutors say they'd persuade American buyers to send money to fictitious profiles, duping them in some cases into thinking the sellers were U.S. military and about to be deployed. They handed over money, but goods never showed up.

The suspects were based mostly in Alexandria, Romania. Prosecutors say they laundered the money using cryptocurrency.

Most of the suspects are foreign nationals. About a dozen have already been extradited to the U.S.

The investigation is continuing.

https://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article225936985.html#storylink=topdigest_latest

Wells Fargo has been having internal financial problems for awhile. End of Jan they were fined $10M for nefarious acivities.

What if (spitballing here) the LA helo-ops were a way into Wells Fargo to acquire the NON CIRCULATING LEGAL TENDER? Money that may be from money-laundering?

Taking back our wealth before it goes missing or is re-appropriated elsewhere within Wells Fargo (dispersed to CEOs golden parachute fund)?

What Wells Fargo standards report says about bank's post-scandal future (Feb 1 2019

The 103-page report details the bank's efforts to restructure its organization and revamp leadership roles. A key theme throughout the report is "rebuilding trust."

Data center smoke causes outage for Wells Fargo customers

February 8, 2019 by Ken Sweet

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-center-outage-wells-fargo-customers.html#jCp

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-center-outage-wells-fargo-customers.html

Robber strikes Wells Fargo bank

Officers search for man with help from K9 unit

by Sue Dremann / Palo Alto Weekly

Palo Alto police are looking for this man, who they say robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on California Avenue on Feb. 4, 2019. Photo courtesy Palo Alto Police Department

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Palo Alto police officers rushed to the scene of a bank robbery and engaged in a manhunt after a man in his 40s robbed a Wells Fargo bank on Monday evening, according to a department press release.

He entered the bank located at 505 California Ave. at about 5:30 p.m. and passed a note demanding money to a teller, who gave an undisclosed amount, according to a police press release issued Monday night. No injuries were reported, and the teller did not see a weapon.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/02/04/robber-strikes-wells-fargo-bank

The last update however, came just before 1pm when Wells Fargo tweeted a message saying they were “experiencing system issues due to a power shutdown at one of our facilities, initiated after smoke was detected following routine maintenance” and working to restore services as soon as possible.

Since then, the Wells Fargo Twitter account has gone silent. Customers have not.

https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2019/02/07/wells-fargo-customers-outraged-as-services-remain-down-due-to-systems-issue/

Wells Fargo Faces $10 Million Penalty in Insurance Scheme

Originally published 12:00 a.m., January 27, 2019

Updated 4:05 p.m., January 30, 2019

By Jean Yamamura (Contact)

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Wells Fargo lost its ability to sell insurance in early January after the California Department of Insurance discovered the bank had placed 1,500 of its customers in policies without their consent or knowledge. Of those, 21 were in Santa Barbara County, department attorneys stated on Thursday. After the department threatened to revoke the bank’s insurance licenses over the improper sales, the bank agreed to a $10 million settlement, though it did not admit guilt.

The department’s investigation, under former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, began when its attorneys noticed a footnote in a report from the bank’s independent directors. The report came after an internal investigation into aggressive sales practices, which cost the bank $185 million in fines, involving the creation of more than two million deposit and credit card accounts without customers’ consent. The footnote indicated the bank’s online insurance referral program was also implicated.

https://www.independent.com/news/2019/jan/27/wells-fargo-faces-10-million-penalty-insurance-sch/

http://fortune.com/2018/12/27/wells-fargo-ceo-tim-sloan-2/ (Dec 2018)