DirecTV Seeks Default vs. 4 Imposter Fraud Defendants

DirecTV asked the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Tyler to enter default against four of the defendants in an alleged imposter fraud scheme for failing to answer DirecTV’s complaint, said a filing Monday (docket 6:22-cv-00423). The Nov. 1 complaint named 10 defendants, plus 10 John Does and 10 “XYZ” companies, alleging they and their co-conspirators “are perpetrators of an unlawful scheme to enrich themselves” by impersonating DirecTV telemarketers (see 2211010049). The culprits typically contact existing or potential DirecTV customers “to offer them nonexistent free or significantly discounted” services or products, and then they take the consumer’s money, usually in the form of prepaid gift cards that are subsequently laundered, it said. The defendants “have failed to file any pleadings or otherwise defend the case, nor has any appearance been entered by them or by anyone on their behalf,” said the declaration of DirecTV attorney Gail Podolsky of Carlton Fields.