
In a lawsuit filed this week, New York Attorney General Letitia James claimed that over $1 billion was stolen from Zelle users via fraud between 2017 and 2023.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit in December 2024 alleging the same thing, but when that lawsuit was dropped in March 2025, New York's attorney general decided to file a suit of her own against the digital payment service to seek compensation for New York consumers.