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Wells Fargo Exec Squats in Foreclosed Beach House

Owner of $12M spread was Madoff victim

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2009 8:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – Wells Fargo has tried to distance itself from an executive who allegedly hung out in a bank-owned $12 million beach house, promising “decisive action” against any employee “who may have violated Wells Fargo’s policies.” Cheronda Guyton, the senior VP in charge of foreclosed commercial properties, allegedly spent weekends with her family and threw several parties at the Malibu mansion, which was formerly owned by a Madoff victim, the LA Times reports.

“I almost fell out of my chair” when reading the allegations, said one PR specialist. “That these folks could think this would not somehow become public astonishes me.” Wells Fargo says its policies forbid employees to use foreclosed properties for their own purposes, and it apologized for any “disruption to the neighboring property owners.”

In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a Wells Fargo Bank in Palo Alto, Calif. is shown.
In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a Wells Fargo Bank in Palo Alto, Calif. is shown.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
In this Oct. 3, 2008, file photo the Wells Fargo logo is displayed outside a home mortgage office in Springfield, Ill.
In this Oct. 3, 2008, file photo the Wells Fargo logo is displayed outside a home mortgage office in Springfield, Ill.   (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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PhillytoWinnetka
Sep 13, 2009 1:28 AM CDT
Well I'm ok w/ the squatting as long as the parties they had there were for "community organizing" purposes:)
schmidtkoff
Sep 12, 2009 10:21 AM CDT
you are just like sanford. to get him out of the gov mansion, we must enlist the jaws of life. if you are foreclosed upon do you really think you can fight the omnipotent banks who hold the money and power? then you are so misinformed. are really sure that you were raised in the UNITED STATES? do you not understand corporate business? when i worked for xerox i was informed that my manager was a Business man. and the bottom line was profit.
Robert_Dada
Sep 12, 2009 8:15 AM CDT
It's the bank's property not hers. And foreclosed properties are not 'abandoned', they are maintained by property management companies that the bank hires.

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