Defendants in DirecTV Telemarketing Fraud Scheme Seek Dismissal

The alleged perpetrators of a scheme to impersonate DirecTV telemarketers deny any wrongdoing, said their answer Monday (docket 6:22-cv-00423) to DirecTV’s Nov. 1 complaint in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Tyler (see 2211010049). Defendants WNK Associates, the Great Mile, Waleed Iqbal and Khalid Iqbal seek the dismissal with prejudice of all claims against them for DirecTV’s failure to state a claim for unjust enrichment upon which relief may be granted. DirecTV alleged 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.