Ian Williams wakes up one morning to find $1,338 has been stolen from his account via two Google Pay transactions. Two years later, he's taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, with no lawyers to help him.

Ian Williams wakes up one morning to find $1,338 has been stolen from his account via two Google Pay transactions. Two years later, he’s taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, with no lawyers to help him.

  • tty5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    He’s asking for exemplary (punitive) damages - something that can be granted for egregious conduct as a way of scaring others from doing something similar. Since it’s supposed to scare banks into compliance the amount is not that crazy.