Wells Fargo Free From Lawsuit by Scammed Pennsylvania Law Firm

Wells Fargo Bank NA won judgment on the sole remaining claim in a lawsuit brought by a law firm that that was scammed out of $200,000, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.

Perlberger Law Associates PC and its president, Hanna Perlberger, sued Wells Fargo after carrying out what they thought was a debt collection for a tool company in Florida.

Someone claiming to be the president of Tools & Equipment Supply retained the firm to collect $199,550 from another tool company, and they wired the money to a Nigerian account. Once the fraud was discovered, Wells Fargo debited the ...