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Wells Fargo Case Summary

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Wells Fargo Bank filed a lawsuit, in September 2014, against the accounting firm Worley Stroud & Associates PC claiming professional negligence. Wells Fargo accused Worley Stroud and two of its representatives of causing over $25 million worth of damages through their accounting errors. In March 2008, Wells Fargo agreed to make an asset-based loan to an agricultural commodity company, by the name of West Plains Co., where the amount of money lent would be dependent on the amount of assets the company held. However, Wells Fargo says that they lent $20 million more than they otherwise would have lent. Harry Worley and DeWitt Stroud of Worley Stroud & Associates PC were responsible for auditing West Plains’ financial statements from at least

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