Some consumers allege that banking corporations put pressure on employees to meet sales quotas, a practice that has led to the use of fake bank accounts. Affected consumers argue that fake bank accounts were opened in the consumer’s name without permission or a request to do so.

This practice has caught the attention of federal regulators who have launched an investigation to determine how widespread the fake bank accounts problem truly is.

A number of different financial institutions are currently under investigation, including Capital One, for the possibility of creating fake bank accounts. These fake bank accounts would have been started without the consumers’ authorization and could ultimately lead to lawsuits if it is discovered that the banks participated in this behavior.

Regulators believe that Wells Fargo, although it was the most prominent bank named in the recent scandal, isn’t the only one responsible for creating fake bank accounts.

A federal review that was triggered in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal identified weaknesses at other banks that indicated that employees had been encouraged and allowed to open accounts without proof of the customers’ consent.

Research carried out by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has initiated an investigation of more than 40 large and mid-sized banks–banks that the OCC has said it will not name publicly.

Some of the investigations revealed that these fake bank accounts were opened to meet short-term sales promotions without appropriate risk controls. Some of the issues were tied to isolated employee misconduct instances or deficient procedures.

The review was initially launched by the OCC in 2016, and details have not been revealed about which banks have been connected directly to fake bank accounts outside of Wells Fargo. However, the OCC did share in their preliminary report that problems with controls and procedures in the banks could have made it possible for employees to open fake bank accounts without consumer authorization.

In late 2016, Wells Fargo became the first bank to admit that employees were fired due to the creation of millions of fake bank accounts. According to news reports posted around that scandal, unrealistic sales goals and pressure from the management led employees to open bank accounts for customers who didn’t need or want them.

Sometimes false email addresses were used or impersonations of the customers were created, as shared in a 2015 lawsuit lodged surrounding the fake bank accounts issue by the City of Los Angeles.

One former banker said that Wells Fargo wasn’t the only financial institution involved in these kinds of practices and that this was an industry wide problem. Many people might not even realize that fake bank accounts have been opened in their names until receiving additional charges in their primary bank account or through a disclosure made by the bank directly.

Many of these consumers are angry and frustrated about the establishment of fake bank accounts. Customers of Capital One or other banks who suspect they may have been harmed by banking sales practices may benefit from joining a fake bank accounts class action investigation.