March 20, 2019

Wells Fargo Securities has been ordered to pay over $800,000 in civil penalties to the SEC for failing to disclose that a video game development project being financed by a bond it underwrote still faced a significant shortfall in funding. The lead banker on the deal, Peter Cannava, was additionally accused of failing to disclose the fees being paid to the firm by startup video game company, 38 Studios. SEC

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