Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Illegally accessing my bank accounts?

Hello,

I have a question in regards to the following situation on what laws may have been broken, or violations of my privacy that may also have been infringed upon? An employee acting on behalf of a law firm they work for accessed my bank accounts via my banks telephone banking. This individual used my social security number and one of my account numbers to gain access. They then gathered all of my accounts information including balances, other account numbers, and recent activity on all accounts. This information was then provided to my lawyer by this law firm in the form of an affidavit stating the actions taken by this individual, with an itemized list of all of my bank accounts information that was obtained. No court order was ever requested by this law firm to obtain any of my banking information. This individual, and law firm were never given permission by myself to access my accounts in any way.

Your feedback would be appreciated as I am considering taking legal action and would like to know where to start this process, and also find out what specific laws were broken.

Thank You


Asked on 11/24/07, 9:53 am

3 Answers from Attorneys
henry lebensbaum Law Offices of Henry Lebensbaum (978-749-3606)

: Illegally accessing my bank accounts?

If you believe this is correct, the person can be charged with a variety of civil and criminal violations, including but not limited to identity theft.

If you need assistance, call me.

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Answered on 11/25/07, 4:47 pm
Craig J. Tiedemann Kajko, Weisman & Colasanti, LLP

Re: Illegally accessing my bank accounts?

What makes you think the firm obtained your financial information using the bank's telephone banking line, and by using your SS and acct number? How is it that the bank had possession of you SS and bank account numbers? Whether or not anything inapropriate occurred probably depends on answers to these questions.

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Answered on 11/24/07, 1:54 pm
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

Re: Illegally accessing my bank accounts?

It is highly irregular for a bank to release your personal banking data to any third persons without first either obtaining your express personal authorization or receiving a court order. In that regard, you indicate that this law firm employee accessed your information by telephone. Did that person also have access to your PIN password? If so, how did they get it?

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Answered on 11/26/07, 12:07 pm


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