In a highly unpublicized development, Wells Fargo Bank (NYSE: WFC) and one of Fidelity National Financial, Inc’s (NYSE: FNF) companies–the Ticor Title Agency of Arizona–agreed last week to pay over $4 million and $200k respectively for their roles in preparing and submitting false claims to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

According to the Office of the United States Attorney District of Arizona, Well Fargo Bank submitted more than 70 false claims to FHA under the pre-foreclosure sales program, and Ticor Title prepared inaccurate escrow documents which allowed lenders to submit false claims to the FHA. The U.S. Attorney for Arizona estimates loses of more than $2.1 million dollars as a result )$2,156,078.00 to be exact), and for their part, Wells Fargo Bank and Ticor Title deny any wrongdoing yet still agreed to pay $4,046,786 and $265,370 respectively.

Under certain circumstances, the FHA’s pre-foreclosure sales program allows homeowners with federally-insured loans to avoid foreclosures by listing their homes for sale. If a sales price is not enough to pay-off a loan, then the lender submits an insurance claim to the FHA, which will pay the lender the balance owing on the loan.

What’s most interesting about this case is that neither company–not Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) or Ticor Title Agency’s parent company, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF)–have any information about the settlement on either of their corporate websites. Moreover, none of the national news media outlets picked up on the story, and even the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) own stock quote pages for each company makes no reference whatsoever to the development, which first broke 10 days ago, on the 20th of June.