NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) -- A New Jersey law firm is suing Citibank and other companies for the amount lost when they accepted a fraudulent wire check.
Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota filed a federal complaint on June 24 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Citibank, NA, Diamond PLC, John Does 1-100 and Corporations 1-100 in the amount of $119,000.
According to the complaint, Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota received a certified bank check from HSBC in the amount of $119,000 from what it thought was LabCorp. A client going by the name Miguel Francisco said LabCorp owed him that money.
Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota was told to wire a check for that amount to Francisco's account with Citibank. Scura's bank, however, told it the check it received was fraudulent after Scura wired the funds to Citibank.
The Scura firm called Citibank to inquire about the wire and if it had gone through. On that day, ConnectOne also issued to Citibank a recall of the check. Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota, LLP allege they became the victim of Diamond and lost out on $119,000.
Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota, LLP seeks compensatory damages.
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey case number 2:21-cv-12835-ES-LDW