US bank fires a bunch of employees after finding out they were pretending to work


Wells Fargo has reportedly let go of a handful of staff who were faking working. — Bloomberg/Getty Images/The New York Times

A handful of bankers have been let go by Wells Fargo after the financial giant discovered the staff were “simulating keyboard activity” instead of actually working.

The more than dozen employees were all in the firm’s wealth- and investment-management team, and were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work”.

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