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2011 Date	State Filed	Plaintiff	Case Type	. Result
Aug. 5, 2011	California	Chandler vs. Wells Fargo 11-cv-03831, U.S. District Court	Illegal Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures Heirs shut out	Filed
Jul. 26, 2011	D.C.	Department of Justice	Discriminatory Lending	"Lawsuit in Preparation"
May 13, 2011	Texas	Homeowners vs. Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo did not own the Note and thus had no standing to foreclose.	Texas Court of Appeals affirms Summary Judgment
May 4, 2011	Tennessee	City of Memphis, TN Memphis and Shelby counties	Predatory Mortgage Lending	Wells Fargo Motion to Dismiss denied "Plaintiffs have adequately pled"
Apr. 29, 2011	Nevada	Signature Developers Elko, NV	Illegal Foreclosure - Riverside Condominiums	WF must pay $9.5 Million $5.5 M for Fraud $2.5 M for Negligent Represent. $1.5 M for Breach of Contract
Apr. 25, 2011	Maryland	City of Baltimore	Predatory Lending	Wells Fargo Motion to Dismiss denied Case will proceed
Apr. 15, 2011	New York	Wells Fargo vs. U.S.	Abusive Tax Shelters	Wells denied $115M in tax deductions for 2002
Apr. 12, 2011	Pennsylvania	Desiree Morris	Flood Insurance Class Action 3 classes	Filed
Mar. 30, 2011	California	880 Los Angeles Borrowers	Predatory Mortgage Lending	WF must pay $3.5 Million
Mar. 7, 2011	California	Thomas M. Coleman	Motion to force arbitration Breach of fiduciary duties	Order affirmed - Respondent Coleman to recover costs
Feb. 22, 2011	Florida	Florida retiree	IRA malfeasance, excessive trading	Pending
Feb. 21, 2011	Georgia	Veteran's Class Action	Veterans were overcharged on mortgages	Wells Fargo must pay $10 Million
Feb. 15, 2011	Pennsylvania	Patrick Rodgers vs. Wells Fargo	Homeowner Forecloses on Wells Fargo Wells failed to answer mortgage questions	Wells Fargo had to pay $1,000
Feb. 2, 2011	California	Shellie Gordon vs Wells Fargo	Overtime Class Action Misclassified employees	Filed
Jan. 7, 2011	Mass.	Massachusetts Supreme Court	Illegal Foreclosures Improper/ incomplete paperwork	No more phony foreclosure assignments
2010
Dec. 20, 2010	California	California Attorney General	Predatory Loans Settlement Wachovia wrongdoing, primarily bringing about its collapse - Billions are owed to Californians	Wells Fargo has agreed in a settlement to offer home-loan modifications worth $2 billion, and will also pay $32 million in restitution to borrowers who lost their homes through foreclosures.
Oct. 27, 2010	Nevada	Alkimya Group	Fraud Breach of Contract Negligent Misrepresentation	Filed
Oct. 14, 2010	New York	New York Supreme Court Wells Fargo vs. A.D. Paneth	Fatal Defect Mortgage was NEVER assigned to Wells Fargo	Foreclosure denied
Aug. 11, 2010	California	Gutierrez vs. Wells Fargo	Gouging and profiteering -  phony overdraft fees	Wells Fargo must pay $203 Million
Jul. 19, 2010	Mass.	Homeowner Group	Loan Modifications Denied Breech of Contract	Pending
Jun. 30, 2010	Florida	Sarasota County	Improper Investment Advice	Suit seeks $40 Million
Jun. 3, 2010	Minnesota	4 Non-profits vs. Wells Fargo	Breach of Fiduciary Duty Violations of the Minnesota consumer fraud act	Wells Fargo must pay $30 million
Apr. 14, 2010	Tennessee	City of Memphis, TN	Predatory Lending	Pending
Mar. 10, 2010	New York	Wells Fargo vs. Stephen Tyson	Trespass (Foreclosure)	Wells Fargo must pay $155,000
Jan. 12, 2010	D.C.	Wells Fargo vs. U.S.	Improper Tax Deductions - SILO Improper deals with tax-exempt entities	Wells denied $115M in tax deductions
Jan. 7, 2010	Maryland	City of Baltimore, MD	Predatory Lending - Ghetto Loans	Dismissed - recession blamed Judge caves in to Wells
2009
Nov. 20, 2009	California	California Attorney General	Auction Rate Securities Fraud	Wells Fargo agrees to buy back worthless securities
Oct. 23, 2009	New York	Wells Fargo vs. Marchione et al.	Wells Fargo Loses Appeal	Assignments disallowed
Aug. 19, 2009	Illinois	Michael Hickman vs. Wells Fargo	Illegally Cut Home Equity Lines of Credit Did not provide notice Bogus software undervalued homes	Filed
Jul. 31, 2009	Illinois	Illinois Attorney General	Discriminatory illegal lending Blacks steered to sub-prime loans	-
2008
Oct. 30, 2008	California	6,600 Home Loan Consultants Class Action	Unreimbursed Business Expenses Improper deductions	Wells Fargo agrees to pay up to $10 Million
Oct. 3, 2008	Washington	Hagens Berman	Excessive overdraft fees Transaction resequencing	-
-		Duces Tecum	An investigative subpoena which compels a bank to produce documents, typically used to prove property ownership. Often, banks are unable to prove ownwrship, due to the fact that many mortgages have been buried in socalled "derivatives", and tracability is lost. This results in Wells Fargo (and others) trying to foreclose on thousands of mortgages that they DO NOT OWN.
		DIL FDPCA HAFA HARP MERS TARP TILA	Deed In Lieu Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Home Affordable Refinance Program Mortgage Electronic Registration System Troubled Asset Relief Program Truth in Lending Act

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