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Q: Looking for civil cases won by individual plaintiffs in Wells Fargo cross-sales scandal.
I'm looking for information on civil cases related to Wells Fargo's cross-sales scandal involving fraudulent creation of fake accounts and loan products. I am specifically interested in lawsuits filed by individual plaintiffs, preferably in California, but it doesn't have to be limited to this state. I would like to know the titles of cases that have been filed and won by these individual plaintiffs.
A:
Finding civil cases against Wells Fargo tied to the cross-sales scandal can be challenging because most lawsuits were handled through class actions or regulatory enforcement rather than individual trials. Many consumers who sued on their own often ended up having their cases consolidated into larger settlements. This means you won’t see many publicly reported titles of individual plaintiffs “winning” in the traditional sense, as the outcomes were usually negotiated or settled before trial.
That said, there were a few individual cases filed in California and other states where customers alleged fraud, unauthorized accounts, or credit damage. Some of these were resolved through confidential settlements, so the details and case titles aren’t widely published. The larger, public record reflects cases like *Jabbari v. Wells Fargo & Company* in the Northern District of California, which started as an individual complaint and eventually became a nationwide class action leading to significant payouts.
If your goal is to track individual victories, the reality is that most wins came through class participation rather than solo court judgments. Still, you can search state court dockets in California for consumer fraud filings against Wells Fargo during the 2016–2019 period. These records may reveal the case titles, though many were quietly settled out of court. In practice, the strongest results for consumers came from collective actions and regulatory penalties, not single plaintiff trials.
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