April 11, 2025
Central Bank of Kansas City said Friday that a Washington federal judge should toss a class action from former inmates and detainees who said they were charged illegal debit card fees to regain access to money that was confiscated from them, arguing the lead plaintiff requested his card and knew how to avoid the fees.
February 14, 2025
A Washington federal judge has partially certified a class of former detainees suing the Central Bank of Kansas City, alleging the bank charged them debit card fees to regain access to their money after they were released.
August 30, 2024
A Washington federal judge will not force arbitration in a proposed class action accusing a bank of charging former jail detainees debit card fees to regain access to their own money postrelease, saying the plaintiff never consented to an arbitration clause because the card was issued to him already activated.
April 19, 2024
A Kansas City, Missouri, bank faces a proposed class action accusing it of violating federal and state consumer protections laws in issuing prepaid debit cards to people who had their cash confiscated after being detained following an arrest, and then charging them fees to access their funds after their release.