Pro Se Plaintiff Voluntarily Dismisses Data Breach Claims vs. Equifax

Pro se plaintiff Venton Smith voluntarily dismissed with prejudice claims against Equifax, said his stipulation Monday (docket 3:23-cv-02804) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. Equifax was one of 14 defendants named in Smith’s June fraud complaint involving the 2019 Capital One data breach, in which an Amazon Web Services employee stole data affecting some 106 million customers. Smith alleged the breach led to at least 12 of his accounts being fraudulently accessed to secure loans, merchandise and products totaling $92,300. Smith and Equifax will bear their own legal fees, said the filing.