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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Online seller Letgo sued over murder and robbery of couple who were using app to buy a car

GoFundMe / Joe and Jossline Roland

The online selling platform Letgo is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after a couple was robbed and killed while using the app as they tried to buy an SUV in a Denver, Colorado suburb in 2020.

The lawsuit filed by family of the victims – Joe and Jossline Roland – in federal court on Thursday asserts that the app was negligent because it allowed the man who killed the parents of five children to become a “verified seller” while using a fake name despite his criminal past.

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