Fraudsters misrepresented themselves online or by phone to obtain access to Lisa Torres’ Cash App account and used the app to drain her Sutton Bank account of $2,734, alleged Torres’ complaint Tuesday (docket 5:24-cv-00801) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Riverside. Though the San Bernardino County, California, resident reported the “bogus electronic transfer” immediately, the bank and Cash App provider Block, Inc., formerly Square, declined her dispute and have refused to restore her funds, said the complaint. Defendants Sutton Bank and Block are well aware of fraudulent scams in which criminals pose as legitimate sellers or Cash App users, said the complaint, citing a New York Times article on fraud involving instant payment apps such as Cash App, Venmo and Zelle. The complaint also cited a Sutton Bank webpage for “Prepaid Card Support” with a disclaimer about Cash App that says the bank doesn’t “issue, maintain or service your Cash App account, which is offered by Square, a separate company that we are not affiliated with.” Sutton Bank “will not be responsible for any and all manner of inaccuracy, delay, theft or other loss of funds that may result” from use of peer-to-peer payments using Cash App, it says. The support page directs customers to Square Cash App support for questions. Torres alleges she was awakened by a text message at 4 a.m. March 15 from Cash App stating that $2,734 was taken from her Sutton Bank account. She called Sutton Bank and Cash App when their offices opened and informed them of the fraudulent, unauthorized funds removal, even as fraudsters continued to attempt to send payments from her account. About an hour later, Torres received an email from Cash App and Sutton Bank asking her to answer a series of questions and provide proof of her dispute, and she promptly responded, said the complaint. On March 18, Torres emailed the defendants to say she never provided her log in credentials for Cash App to anyone, the complaint said. Two days later, she received an email declining her dispute and informing her the transaction with the bank had been authorized. She filed a police report, it said. Torres “implored” the defendants again to reconsider their decision and answered more questions, but they refused to consider her answers because she responded more than three days after receiving them, it said. After a third attempt to initiate an investigation, the defendants closed the dispute “in the bank’s favor” and declined to reopen it, the complaint said. Torres asserts violations of the Electronic Fund Transfers Act and the California Unfair Competition Law. She seeks actual damages, including for emotional distress; treble, statutory, punitive and nominal damages; an order of restitution; prejudgment interest; and attorneys’ fees and costs.
Video game companies make their games addictive to young people to maximize profits, alleged a class action (docket 1:24-cv-00064) against Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive Software, Rockstar Games, Microsoft, Mojang Studios, Sony Interactive, Roblox, Nintendo of America and Google, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for Northern Florida in Gainesville.
An April 1 FTC order denying MGM Resorts International's petition to quash a civil investigative demand (CID) “unlawfully deprives MGM of its rights under the Fifth Amendment,” said the hotel chain’s complaint Monday (docket 1:24-cv-01066) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The CID requested information as part of a nonpublic investigation involving MGM's September cyberattack.
Cerebral reached a settlement with the FTC to close its investigation into the online mental healthcare company's data sharing, security and cancellation policy practices, said the company in a statement Monday.
For “many years,” General Motors, OnStar and LexisNexis Risk Solutions have been collecting location, vehicle and personally identifiable information (PII) from OnStar-equipped vehicles and selling “vast amounts” of that data to third parties, alleged a privacy class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-02978) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
The International Trade Commission’s October order preventing Apple from importing its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches based on allegations of patent infringement by medical device company Masimo -- which doesn’t currently sell its watches in the U.S. -- “creates serious risks for U.S. businesses,” said NetChoice Monday in a news release.
Kevin Sinitski received notification from his credit monitoring company that his personally identifiable information (PII) was involved in a V12Software data breach. The Feb. 15 notice from Credit Wise informed Sinitski of an incident he was unaware of, his class action alleged Thursday (docket 5:24-cv-02171) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Wireless internet service provider Bloosurf, valued at $30 million in 2021, has lost "half its customers" and "significant" revenue and cash flow due to T-Mobile's interference, alleged Bloosurf’s complaint Wednesday (docket 8:24-cv-01047) in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Greenbelt in which it seeks $116 million in damages.
Three trackers collect Buzzfeed consumers’ IP addresses when they visit the entertainment website, without their consent, alleged a privacy class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-02753) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
Plaintiffs Dean and Michelle Nasca oppose conditional transfer order 30 (CTO-30) in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Liability Litigation, said their notice of opposition Wednesday (docket 3047) before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The plaintiffs will file a motion to vacate CTO-30, which listed its case against TikTok parent ByteDance and also included tag-along actions Putnam County School District vs. Alphabet Inc. et al and Cumberland County Board of Education vs. Meta Platforms Inc. et al.