Class Complaint Concerning Sim Card Swaps, Bayani v. T-Mobile
This is a 2023 class complaint filed in the Western District of Washington that the mobile phone carrier failed to protect customers personal and financial information and that this resulted in a SIM card swapping scam, so that the scammer gained control of the customers’ phone number and phone account without gaining possession of the customer’s phone. Claims against T-Mobile included negligence, negligent hiring and supervision, UDAP, violations of the Federal Communications Act, and other federal claims.