Twin Suits From Same Lawyer Target Wells Fargo for TCPA Violations

Ahren Tiller, with the BLC Law Center in San Diego, filed two virtually identical, consecutively numbered complaints Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Southern California on behalf of separate clients, both alleging Wells Fargo Bank violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by inundating credit card customers with debt collection calls using an automatic telephone dialing system and prerecorded or robotic voice. In the first action (docket 3:22-cv-01697), plaintiff Mario Vega alleges Wells Fargo continued to “willfully call” him more than 75 times after Tiller sent the bank a May 5 cease and desist letter revoking Vega’s prior consent to be contacted. In the second lawsuit (docket 3:22-cv-01698), plaintiff Christopher Atanasoff alleges the bank called him more than 60 times after Tiller sent the cease and desist letter July 29. Both complaints seek treble damages for “knowing and/or willful” TCPA violations. Wells Fargo didn’t comment Wednesday.