Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has breathed new life into a major case against Zions First National Bank, a subsidiary of Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION), for its alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of depositors throughout the United States. The case was brought on behalf of the depositors by the Philadelphia law firm, Langer, Grogan & Diver, P.C.

Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

Law 360: 3rd Circ. Vacates Cert. Denial In Telemarketer Fraud Suit

Law 360’s Emily Field reports that the Third Circuit on Wednesday vacated a lower court’s order denying class certificationto plaintiffs who allege Zions Bancorp. was complicit in a series of schemes by telemarketers to gain access to customers’ bank accounts and charge excessive fees, saying the court held the plaintiffs to an excessively high standard of proof.

Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

Law 360: 3rd Circ. Vacates Cert. Denial In Telemarketer Fraud Suit

The Third Circuit on Wednesday vacated a lower court’s order denying class certification to plaintiffs who allege Zions Bancorp. was complicit in a series of schemes by telemarketers to gain access to customers’ bank accounts and charge excessive fees, saying the court held the plaintiffs to an excessively high standard of proof.

Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

New York Times: Banks Seen as Aid in Fraud Against Older Consumers

In the June 10, 2013 edition of The New York Times, business reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg tells the story of Bruno Koch, 83, in Banks Seen as Aid in Fraud Against Older Consumers. Mr. Kirby told the telemarketer on the line that, yes, of course he would like to update his health insurance card. Then Mr. Koch, of Newport News, Va., slipped up: he divulged his bank account information.

Court Allows Fraud Action Brought By Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C. to Proceed Against Zions First National Bank

Law 360: Telemarketing Scam Victims Seek Class Cert. Against Zions

An attorney hoping to represent what he said was nearly 400,000 plaintiffs told a Philadelphia federal judge Thursday that customers accusing a Zions Bancorp subsidiary of complicity in a fraudulent telemarketing scheme warranted class certification, reports Matt Fair in today’s Law 360 article, Telemarketing Scam Victims Seek Class Cert. Against Zions.Howard Langer presented oral arguments on a class certification motion before U.S. District Judge Juan Sanchez.