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Class Action v. Wachovia

New Jersey Lawyers File Identity Theft Class Action Lawsuit Against Wachovia


Today, June 8, 2005, a City of Trenton police officer residing in Browns Mills, New Jersey and an Egg Harbor, NJ resident initiated a class action lawsuit against Wachovia for damages resulting from the ID theft due to negligent handling of customer files. This complaint was filed in Atlantic County, New Jersey by co-counsel law firms Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman (Princeton, Mount Holly and Nutley, NJ) and Lyncy Keefe Bartels (Shrewsbury, NJ). Earlier, on June 1, 2005, the two law firms filed a similar class action lawsuit against Bank of America in Mercer County, New Jersey.

(PRWEB) June 10, 2005 -- The New Jersey law firms of Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman and Lynch Keefe Bartels filed a class action complaint against Wachovia today in New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Atlantic County, on behalf of Egg Harbor (Atlantic county) resident Maritza Mercado and Browns Mills (Burlington county) resident Shonda Hayes. Ms. Hayes also happens to be a City of Trenton police officer.

Ms. Mercado and Officer Hayes intend to seek class action status to represent other New Jersey identity theft victims against financial services giant Wachovia for damages resulting from the theft of tens of thousands of customer information files, including their own.

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