Wells Fargo Sued by Shareholders Over Cross-Selling Scandal

  • CEO accused of misleading investors about Tolstedt retirement
  • Investor seeks class action status for others over 2 1/2 years

Pedestrians pass a Wells Fargo bank branch in New York.

Photographer: Chris Goodney/Bloomberg
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Wells Fargo & Co. was accused of misleading shareholders about its opening of unauthorized accounts and blamed for a 9 percent drop in the bank’s stock price when details became public this month.

The San Francisco-based bank duped investors for years about its fraudulent practice of cross-selling financial products and misrepresented the success of its model, according to the complaint filed Monday in San Francisco federal court. The investor who sued seeks class-action status on behalf of all shareholders from Feb. 26, 2014, to Sept. 15, 2016.