Civil Litigation
Jan. 22, 2025
Judge asked to deny AT&T's 'untimely' defense in $24M SIM swap case
Investor Michael Terpin fights AT&T's dismissal bid in $24M SIM swap fraud case, arguing the company's new defense on employee status is untimely and irrelevant to their liability.
An investor plaintiff in a remanded $24 million telephone ID swap fraud case against AT&T urged a federal judge on Monday to deny the company's bid to drop the sole remaining liability claim for improperly raising, for the first time in the proceeding, a defense related to the status of an employee accused of involvement in the alleged scam.
The underlying claim involves scammers persuading AT&T to swap a customer's "subscriber identity module" or SIM cod...
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