27. Wells Fargo 2020 ($3,000 million)

In February 2020, Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, signed a $3 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to resolve criminal and civil proceedings into allegations its employees falsified records and stole customers’ identities.

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