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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Business
David Lazarus

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Consumer confidential in this my final column one last consumer problem to be solved - Caught on Camera

John and Dorothy Laguna opened a Wells Fargo checking account in 2014.

Wells Fargo opened three more accounts in the Lagunas' name not long after — several of the millions of bogus accounts the bank opened without people's permission to meet sales quotas.

The Dana Point, California couple subsequently joined a massive class-action lawsuit against Wells, which in 2017 resulted in a $142-million settlement. The bank also paid billions of dollars in fines.

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