Dish Network Electronic Fund Transfer Class Action

A recently filed class action lawsuit accuses Dish Network of setting up automatic fund transfers from customers’ bank accounts without authorization, without asking, and without informing them it’s doing it.

The Dish Network class action lawsuit claims the satellite TV company violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) by initiating electronic fund transfers without consumers’ prior consent and authorization, and without reasonable advanced notice of their intent to initiate electronic fund transfers.

Lead plaintiff Jacqueline Townsel of Chicago, Illinois, began service with Dish Network in November 2009. She claims she never gave Dish Network authorization to initiate automated electronic fund transfers from her debit card or bank account, but a year after subscribing, she received notice that Dish Network intended to automatically transfer funds from her bank account. Townsel contacted her bank two days after receiving the notice to object to any such transfer, but was informed that Dish Network had already initiated a money transfer.

The Dish Network EFTA class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all Illinois citizens who within the past year had an electric fund transfer initiated by Dish Network without their prior authorization or without reasonable advance notice of their intent to initiate the electronic fund transfer. The lawsuit is seeking actual and statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and other costs, in addition to other relief.

A copy of the Dish Network Automated Electronic Fund Transfer Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.