My guess is these were underperforming problem employees that they wanted to drop. This provided an easy out to skip a PIP and severance. A company the size of wells fargo there are going to be way more people than 14 using a jiggler. If it were a blanket 1-strike, it would be a lot more folks gone.
My uncle had a dog for about 10 years. Took him camping every weekend and would chill out by the truck all day. No issues. One random dog came up and peed on the truck tire once. Dog said “wait what you can do that?” and for the rest of his life pissed on the truck. It was a mindvirus.