Our daily pick of the most meaningful, inspiring, or instructive quotes straight from those on the front line — fighting, exposing, or reporting on fraud and injustice, wherever it may lie.
In Their Own Words -- Warren
Posted 10/26/16
-- “A bank teller would face criminal charges & a prison sentence for stealing a handful of 20s from the cash drawer. A bank CEO should not be able to oversee a massive fraud & simply walk away to enjoy his millions in retirement.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren commenting after John Stumpf stepped down from his role as CEO of Wells Fargo amid outrage over his bank’s scheme to create phony accounts at its...
-- “These companies promoted a culture of lies and lawlessness that left a trail of pollution in the Pacific Ocean. Knowing that the Coast Guard was going to do an inspection of their shipping vessel, corporate managers allowed the Chief Engineer to present falsified documents. The significant fines imposed in this case send a clear message that those who spoil our environment by putting their business interests...
-- “From that point, I began drinking the hand sanitizer.”
Angie Payden, Wells Fargo banker in Hudson, Wis., 2011 to 2014, discussing the toll working at Wells Fargo had on her personal health. Click here for more.
-- “Now I know that nothing happened with my complaint. It just sat on someone’s desk. At the time, I didn’t know. But I was certainly trusting that everyone was doing what they were supposed to do. And they didn’t.”
Former Wells Fargo employee Yesenia Guitron commenting on how the government treated her whistleblower complaint revealing the bank’s phony bank account scheme.
-- “Women and minority owned businesses have historically been shut out of government contracts for all the wrong reasons. That’s why our state, and localities, implement reasonable diversity standards to level the playing field. These contractors engaged in flagrant schemes that flouted the diversity rules they were required to meet, and in the process, denied minority- and women-owned businesses a fair shot...
-- “This has been a strong year for the Enforcement Division, with groundbreaking insider trading and FCPA [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act] cases and other important actions across the full spectrum of the securities laws.”
Andrew J. Ceresney, Director of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, commenting on the agency’s enforcement activities over the past year.
In Their Own Words -- Script used by Indian call centers
Posted 10/10/16
-- “Your 401(k) [retirement] plan will be frozen and confiscated, all your wages and benefits would be frozen. Your passport will be seized along with your state ID and if you belong to a country other than the United States then you will be deported…your Social Security number will be blocked for the next seven years and you will not be eligible for any benefits such as disability benefits, unemployment...