From the article: One customer had nine years left on their mortgage. Wells Fargo extended that to forty years, giving Wells Fargo an extra $40,000 in interes

From the article: One customer had nine years left on their mortgage. Wells Fargo extended that to forty years, giving Wells Fargo an extra $40,000 in interest. Another customer had fourteen years left on their mortgage, it was extended to forty years, giving Wells Fargo an extra $85,000 in interest. If you're expecting to retire with your house paid off, the additional 31 or 26 years of payments could ruin your life.