Wells Fargo accused by whistleblower of missing documents row

Wells Fargo has been accused by former employee, Duke Tran, of instructing call-centre workers to not let customers know that mortgage documents were missing, a scheme that resulted in a $1.4bn cost to US taxpayers. He accuses the bank of having a policy to deceive customers and tell them that payments were due despite the bank not having the paperwork.

By Kurt Orzeck (May 6, 2016, 11:11 PM EDT) -- An ex-Wells Fargo employee is accusing the bank of instructing call-center workers to not tell customers mortgage documents were missing, a scheme that allegedly cost U.S. taxpayers $1.4 billion in affordable-housing incentives, according to a whistleblower suit unsealed Friday in Oregon federal court....

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