JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlement in Principle With Pro Se Data Breach Plaintiff
Pro se plaintiff Venton Smith and defendant JPMorgan Chase filed a settlement notice (docket 3:23-cv-02804) Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. The parties reached a settlement in principle and are finalizing the agreement. When the…
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settlement is final, Smith will move for dismissal with prejudice of his claims against Chase, expected within 60 days. The plaintiff claims his personally identifiable information was exposed in a 2019 Capital One data breach in which an Amazon Web Services employee stole data affecting about 106 million customers. Smith is suing more than 20 merchants, banks and credit reporting agencies, alleging negligence, unjust enrichment, breach of confidence and contract and violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law. Smith alleges at least 12 existing accounts were fraudulently accessed to buy unknown merchandise using his existing accounts for Jared Jewelers, American Express, Best Buy, Capital One, Chase, Citibank, Macy’s and Nordstrom, for a total $92,300 in loans, merchandise and products.