Class Action: Comcast Illegally Accessed Customers' Bank Accounts

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A class action filed in Pennsylvania claims defendants Comcast Corp. and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC illegally accessed customers’ bank accounts and withdrew money for termination of service fees even though the consumers reportedly did not owe any legitimate unpaid charges. Citing a mountain of complaints from consumers about alleged false advertising, bogus charges and unlawfully increased service costs, the lawsuit says deceptive business practices are the core of Comcast’s business.

Specific to the plaintiff, the complaint alleges his step-father was a Comcast customer whose account was cancelled shortly after he passed away in 2014. In 2016, the plaintiff claims Comcast began to make recurring automatic withdrawals from his deceased step father’s bank account. The lawsuit argues that Comcast has received complaints about this post-business-relationship behavior for years and has continued to bill customers long after their accounts were settled and equipment was returned.