Man Sues Verizon for $72 Million
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 01/06/2017 10:25 AM
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A man walks into a Verizon store, wants to buy $300 worth of items and services and presents his ID. The store clerk doesn't check the ID for address or middle name and rings the purchase up to another person with the same first and last name.
Kelly was sentenced to 10 years for using a stolen identity to obtain more than $300 in products and services from Verizon.
Kelly is now suing Verizon for counts of wanton negligence, negligent training and supervision, and violation of his civil rights to the tune of $72 million. He argues that the sales person had the true identity in front of him for one and a half hours but neglected to verify the account information.
His argument looks like it will be thrown out of the district court, but Kelly is standing adamant that the clerk should have checked out the identity more diligently and that by not doing so, he put Kelly in harms way. What harm? Well, being tossed into prison on identity theft.
In case you think that Kelly was a mistaken victim, Kelly has a long history of criminal acts. He has been convicted in the past of grand theft with a firearm and at least 37 convictions on charges including rental property fraud, trafficking in stolen property, and receiving money through fraudulent use of a credit card.
Verizon did not comment upon the law suit.
Source: Naked Security
Kelly was sentenced to 10 years for using a stolen identity to obtain more than $300 in products and services from Verizon.
Kelly is now suing Verizon for counts of wanton negligence, negligent training and supervision, and violation of his civil rights to the tune of $72 million. He argues that the sales person had the true identity in front of him for one and a half hours but neglected to verify the account information.
His argument looks like it will be thrown out of the district court, but Kelly is standing adamant that the clerk should have checked out the identity more diligently and that by not doing so, he put Kelly in harms way. What harm? Well, being tossed into prison on identity theft.
In case you think that Kelly was a mistaken victim, Kelly has a long history of criminal acts. He has been convicted in the past of grand theft with a firearm and at least 37 convictions on charges including rental property fraud, trafficking in stolen property, and receiving money through fraudulent use of a credit card.
Verizon did not comment upon the law suit.
Source: Naked Security
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