DirecTV, Telemarketer Defendents Pick Magistrate Judge Payne as Mediator

DirecTV and four defendants in its telemarketing impersonator trademark lawsuit agreed on the choice of U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy Payne as the mediator in the case, they said in a joint notice Monday (docket 6:22-cv-00423) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Tyler. DirecTV alleges the defendants are the culprits in an ongoing fraud scheme in which DirecTV telemarketing impersonators steal money from existing DirecTV account holders through manipulation of gift cards (see 2211010049).