Yesenia Guitron, a Wells Fargo teller at the St. Helena branch in California began to notice that banks accounts were being opened without permission of the customer. She began to challenge this and was bullied and retaliated against for whistleblowing. Additionally Wells Fargo was targeting Latinos and immigrant workers for setting up fake accounts without the knowledge so that they could be fleeced. She also contacted the CEO John Stumpf personally and asked him to stop the fraud. She continued to be bullied, harassed and was terminated by management. She file a complaint with OSHA and OSHA manager Josh Paul prevented Whistleblower Protection Program investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman from doing an investigation into her retaliation and illegal activity at the bank. Joshua Paul was also involved personally colluding with Wells Fargo executives in limiting their liability and keeping Guitron from winning her case. A US Federal Judge Claudia Wilken also did damage control for crooked Wells Fargo bosses by ruling that she was not retaliated against for whistleblowing despite massive evidence of the bank fraud and her reporting on it. The judge also refused to notify the US Attorney General and California Attorney General that potentially millions of fake accounts were being illegal set up by Wells Fargo executives.
The US Attorney General and present California Attorney General Xavier Becerra refuse to prosecute these criminals for mass bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the public and immigrants. This interview was done on December 28, 2016.
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Very proud of Yesenia ! Coming forward with her story !
Yesenia is Namaslayingit!!!
Yesenia Ramirez wait… you’re yesenia
This video isn’t getting the views it should.
I forwarded it to others.
iheartheenim I’m glad I watched this video, called Wells Fargo immediately things are good. Closed my account about a year ago and never put my money in any bank ever. Paypal is the solution for me. I will never trust another bank ever again.
‘Cause she’s Mexican
AMEN. How Wells Fargo has any customers left is beyond me.
I am a class member of the class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo and I am currently suffering SERIOUS retaliation from Wells Fargo. A few hours ago (around 11:45 p.m.), Peking Garden Chinese restaurant in Philadelphia, PA delivered food to me with what seems to be the same chemical/ irritant found on the letters Wells Fargo has been sending me.
I suspect these folks are connected . . . I just complained to Wells Fargo, yet again, YESTERDAY about the toxin in their letters and YESTERDAY after I ordered Chinese Food, the driver (an old man, perhaps the owner, dressed in long beige pants and a waist-length black jacket) delivered my food in a white plastic bag that had a white powdery substance on it. The white substance was on one side of the bag so that when I opened the bag, the powdery substance fell onto my clothes; I brushed it off with my hands and hours later it continues to irritate my skin and my whole body . . .
Bravo, Ms. Guitron! Well done and may God co time to give you the courage and strength to keep on fighting for yourself and others. God bless you.
How can Wells Fargo have a recommitment when they still got the same robbers driving Stagecoach?
Very, I mean very brave woman.
FYI now u have to sign a arbitration agreement to work with them 🤔
…and bank with them
I worked at wf and one time around December I got rob it was a take over, branch was close for some hours my store manager care more about reaching our daily goal and open the branch and even asked can u stay, I was like speechless 😶 I was just robbed… the management was more concerned about the goals than the robbery.
What a brave strong woman! What about “eeoc”, Employment law attorney?
Wow someone should step up and help make this wronged person “whole” again.
Stay strong yesenia! Look to SoCal for labor law attorneys there a tons of them
Smart, very good hearted, and beautiful??? She’s a complete package.
I applaud your bravery for speaking up. As a former Wells Fargo employee who worked on the corporate side, I personally had no idea that any of these shenanigans were going on within Wells Fargo until they came out in the press. Watching this interview made me cringe with shame and embarrassment for Wells Fargo. Also, please don’t underestimate your power. I think your talents would be better served fighting for justice than in banking as you would make an outstanding human-rights advocate. You are very articulate, detailed and your conscientious work ethic is apparent. 🙂 I also hope that you get a well-deserved, large financial settlement in your lawsuit against Wells Fargo.
Thanks so much for speaking up!! So brave!
Your so smart and brave for this god bless you. We need more ppl like you to stand up for what is right and speak up.
OMG! This would have been great on 7 on your Side!!!!!!! 🙂
I was a Wells Fargo teller for almost 3 years and I’ll never forget those absurd adaptations and management acting as if you were lying. My branch was a pretty quiet branch in a small neighborhood. The bankers had to get 8 a day on their own and the tellers had to refer 5 a day that resulted in an open account. Kinda hard to accomplish when you open at 9 and by noon you’ve only had 10 customers. My regional manager wrote me up because I refused to put on a sandwich board and stand outside begging people to come in to open an account.
That sounds about right. The only thing I disagree with is this notion that bankers committed fraud so they can earn commissions. First of all, the bonuses were relatively small, and you and I both know the reason people committed fraud was to get their managers, and their manager’s manager off their back and to keep their job and not get written up. I quit in 2016, just as the scandal broke and thank God I don’t have to put up with that pressure cooker any longer. That’s unbelievable they asked you to put on a sandwich board, but I can totally see them doing that. I wish nothing but bad things for WF. During training, before I even got to my branch, I opened a checking account so I could set up direct deposit, but it was at the branch closest to the training center. My manager ripped me for not opening it there, and that’s when I knew something was up. I don’t blame him though, he had the same amount of pressure, maybe even more as the rest of us. The worst part though was seeing the people that committed the fraud and were in a busy bank get so many accolades, while honest people like me and you were working twice as hard, yet got chastised for not hitting goals that were mathematically impossible to hit if you were doing things the right way.
Mike T Exactly. One of the bankers in my branch had a sick kid in the hospital a bit. He had to call his wife crying his eyes out because he couldn’t pick her up to visit him after work because he was threatened with termination if he didn’t stay after closing to make calls and get appointments. The only “money” they did it for was to keep being employed.
Everything under the sun is corrupt. It’s overwhelming!
Some people are sent into a workplace to expose something. It’s happened to me at least three times. On the last one I ended up with a full retirement at the age of 38. It was in the US Army. The first one was a church group violating children’s rights, the second was a drug & alcohol prison program violating serious safety regulations.
TBH I’m surprise they didn’t try to get her fired by making reports to hire up… this happens more than people want to acknowledge..
It’s sad this happens to most companies as hush hush 🤫
<3 You are a hero Yesenia !!!