Editor Desk
Sep 30, 20161 min
Wells Fargo will pay $24 million to settle allegations that it mistreated members of the military -- including illegally repossessing their cars.The bank, already reeling from a scandal over fake accounts, will pay $4.1 million to settle Justice Department charges that it seized 413 cars owned by service members without a court order, a violation of federal law.The Justice Department said the illegal repossessions took place from 2008 to 2015. The first complaint came from an Army National Guardsman in North Carolina who said the bank seized his car while he was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.