April 07, 2015
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday blasted prosecutors for dumping millions of documents on Wells Fargo Bank NA in a contentious $189 million mortgage insurance suit, saying the documents hit too close to discovery deadlines for the bank to effectively review them.
April 06, 2015
Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday blasted the federal government's bid to limit the bank and its vice president to 30 combined depositions in a $189 million mortgage insurance fraud case against them, saying in a letter the move is both "disruptive" and "untimely."
March 16, 2015
A New York federal judge on Friday rejected Wells Fargo & Co.'s attempt to force discovery in a $189 million mortgage insurance fraud case, saying the U.S. Department of Justice has adequately complied with requests.
January 12, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday rejected Wells Fargo & Co.'s allegations that it has failed to uphold its discovery obligations in its $189 million mortgage insurance fraud suit, telling a New York federal judge that it has made significant progress.
January 06, 2015
Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday asked a New York federal judge to force the U.S. government's hand for documents related to its $189 million mortgage insurance fraud suit, alleging the government hasn't produced a single page since May.
November 18, 2014
Settlement talks between the federal government and Wells Fargo & Co. aimed at resolving claims that the bank defrauded a federal mortgage insurance program out of $189 million have broken down, attorneys told a New York federal judge Tuesday.
December 12, 2013
A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed the federal government to add a Wells Fargo & Co. executive as a defendant in its lawsuit alleging the bank had defrauded a federal mortgage insurance program out of hundreds of millions of dollars by knowingly submitting mortgages with a high risk of default.
November 22, 2013
Prosecutors asked a New York federal court Friday for permission to add a former Wells Fargo Bank NA executive as a defendant in their suit alleging the bank defrauded a government insurer by knowingly submitting mortgages with a high risk of default.
September 24, 2013
A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice may sue Wells Fargo Bank NA under a 1989 law for negatively "affecting" itself through mortgage fraud, marking the third time in recent months that a court has approved that controversial legal theory.
August 22, 2013
A recent court ruling allowing civil prosecutors to sue Bank of America Corp. under a 1989 fraud law should not aid the government in a similar action alleging Wells Fargo Bank NA defrauded a federal mortgage insurance program, attorneys for Wells Fargo told a New York judge Tuesday.