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Will att pursue criminal charges
So, my father in law had an att account. He recently added his son as an authorised user. My brother in law is a severe drug addict and opened 12 different lines on the account. He was taking the phones and selling them for drugs. My father in law's phone bill was in excess of $10,000. He went to the fraud department and gave them my brother in laws info, as to keep himself from oweing. My concern is that my brother in law will get off scott free like he always does and see no jail time. My father in law is 88. Will att actually do something criminal, or just put it on my brother in laws credit, and let him walk?
sandblaster
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7 years ago
If the brother in law was an authorized user, then him opening lines and getting phones is not any kind of fraud against ATT. Your father-in-law is the one who was cheated, not ATT.
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Fernandez1002
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formerlyknownas
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7 years ago
This is entirely up to your Father in law. He gave his son access to open lines and buy phones. That isn't fraud The charges would be legit. I have to wonder why he wasn't paying attention to his account though. Every transaction would result in an email to the account owner.
Att wants to be paid. That's all. They will ruin his credit, but he's 88. So what. It's unlikely he needs to worry about his score anymore.
Hopefully the wake up call he need to stop enabling his son. Sad
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Fernandez1002
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sandblaster
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This is a public customer forum, not customer support. On top of that, legal discussions are not allowed so your question won't get an official ATT answer here anyway. Sorry, we're not lawyers but I'd say no, ATT will not pursue criminal charges. I don't believe they could even if they wanted to. What would the criminal charges even be? Since the phones were bought by an authorized user, ATT's only recourse is against the account owner. There really is no need to yell. We are trying to help.
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formerlyknownas
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I suppose the answer was not clear...NO.
As far as ATT is concerned there is no criminal activity.
ATT will persue payment vigorously.
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Fernandez1002
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formerlyknownas
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The forum itself limits certain types of discussions in its guidelines. We are tip toeing around the edges, so it may or may not get redacted.
I understand you're frustrated. I'm sorry only your in laws are in any position to enact some tough love.
Hopefully it will be a cautionary tale.
I did a little research and noticed that as of November 2016, authorized users authority was expanded to include the ability to add lines at a retail store or on the phone. https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1009073
I suspect this was done to sell more tablets and watches, which might require a new line of service.
This is why only I am listed on my account, no secondary user, no authorized users.
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ATTDmitriyCM
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7 years ago
I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to post your comments and opinions related to this subject. As mentioned above, we ask our users to avoid legal discussions, it's noted in the Community Guidelines. The topic has been thoroughly discussed and will now be closed.
Thank you,
Dmitriy
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