A Wells Fargo executive is walking away from the bank with $124.6 million, according to Fortune.
The bank in July announced the departure of Carrie Tolstedt, former head of community banking, saying she made the decision to "retire at year's end after a long and successful career."
Fortune's report comes soon after officials announced last week that Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in penalties and $5 million to customers for opening fee-generating accounts without authorization to do so. Over a five-year period, 5,300 Wells Fargo employees were fired over the practice cited by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CNBC confirmed with Wells Fargo.
While Fortune noted that Tolstedt's involvement in the alleged behavior is not immediately clear, the magazine reported that she ran the related division "during the entire period in which the customer abuse was alleged, which goes back to 2011."
A Wells Fargo spokeswoman on Monday declined to comment to CNBC on Tolstedt's compensation.
The spokeswoman said that Wells Fargo's internal controls and monitoring identified the behavior in the division, which led to the termination of involved staff. She also said that leaders in the community bank worked to "significantly strengthen [Wells Fargo's] training, monitoring, oversight and compensation structure, which led to a reduction in this behavior."
Wells Fargo said last week, "We regret and take responsibility for any instances where customers may have received a product that they did not request." The bank also said it will be instituting a number of measures to address related problems including sending customers a confirmation email or letter after opening a deposit account or applying for a credit card.
The spokeswoman told CNBC that Wells Fargo believes that the changes it has made will help prevent this behavior in the future and that "the vast majority of our team members serve our customers' best interests every day in every interaction."
Wells Fargo's community banking exec reportedly leaving with $124.6 million
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