Legal Opinion
United States v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 24, 2013No. 12 Civ. 7527(JMF)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge:
The United States brings this civil fraud action against Defendant Wells Fargo *599Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo” or the “Bank”), alleging that the Bank engaged in misconduct in originating and underwriting government-insured home mortgage loans. The Government seeks damages and civil penalties, likely to total hundreds of millions of dollars, under the False Claims Act (the “FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.; the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIR-REA”), 12 U.S.C. § 1833a; and New York common law. Wells Fargo…
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