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State Of Calif. Will Cut Back On Doing Business With Wells Fargo

KVCR | By Ben Bradford

Published September 29, 2016 at 11:48 AM PDT

The state of California will stop doing some business with Wells Fargo, after revelations that the bank created fake accounts under customers' names to boost profits. Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports that state treasurer John Chiang's move could be largely symbolic.

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Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

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