District Court (N.Y.) Says Just Because ID Thief Applied for Consumer Credit in the Name of the Plaintiff Does Not Mean that Potential Creditor Did Not Have an Impermissible Purpose to Obtain Consumer Report in Connection with the Application
In Randall v. Dish Network, LLC, 2018 WL 3235543, at *3 (E.D.N.Y., 2018), Judge Spatt dismissed an FCRA-permissible purpose case premised on identity theft. The Plaintiff has not successfully alleged that Dish negligently violated § 1681q by allowing an identity thief to open an account and perform a consumer credit check on the Plaintiff’s account. “A person cannot obtain information… Read More