Acebedo & Johnson, LLC Et Al. V. Worldpay US, Inc
Case 1:18-cv-02688-MLB Document 1 Filed 05/31/18 Page 1 of 73 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION _________________________________________ ) ACEBEDO & JOHNSON, LLC, ) IDL QUAD GROUP, LLC, and ) MEDICAL LEGAL CONSULTANTS ) OF GREATER ATLANTA, LLC, on behalf of ) themselves and all others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION v. ) ) NO. ________________ WORLDPAY US, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________) CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT COME NOW Plaintiffs Acebedo & Johnson, LLC, IDL Quad Group, LLC, and Medical Legal Consultants of Greater Atlanta, LLC, individually and on behalf of the class of persons and entities preliminarily defined below, and complain and allege as follows, based on personal knowledge, investigation of counsel, and information and belief. INTRODUCTION 1. For years, Defendant Worldpay US, Inc. has engaged in a multi-part scheme through which it fraudulently induces merchants to retain its card payment Case 1:18-cv-02688-MLB Document 1 Filed 05/31/18 Page 2 of 73 processing services via uniform misrepresentations and omissions concerning the nature and amount of fees that customers will pay. Then, once customers are locked into long term contracts, Defendant buries them with numerous unanticipated and excessive fees. To make matters worse, Defendant deliberately obscures many of these upcharges in its intricate statements so that merchants cannot reasonably detect that they have been overbilled. 2. Plaintiffs bring this action against Defendant to recover losses caused by this scheme. Plaintiffs also challenge additional improper fees which breach Defendant’s form contracts. 3. This case is directly related to another case pending in this Court, Alghadeer Bakery & Market, Inc.
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