Fraser

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL FRASER, Plaintiff, No. C 22-00138 WHA

v.

MINT MOBILE, LLC, ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS Defendant.

15 16 INTRODUCTION Hackers took cell phone users’ information from their carrier and this information was used to port plaintiff’s cellular service to another carrier whereupon a criminal pretending to be plaintiff acquired access to and then drained plaintiff’s cryptocurrency account maintained by a cryptocurrency exchange. The issue is the extent to which the carrier is liable for the lost funds once held by the cryptocurrency exchange. For the following reasons, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. STATEMENT Defendant Mint Mobile, LLC is a mobile virtual network operator that currently uses T- Mobile’s network infrastructure to provide wireless cellular services to its customers. One of those customers was plaintiff Daniel Fraser. …