Sprint Corp. won $26.9 million in damages from Wireless Buybacks LLC and Wireless Buybacks Holdings LLC in a cell phone trafficking lawsuit.
In a May 22 ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, U.S. Judge Catherine Blake found Wireless Buybacks liable for unlawfully obtaining and reselling Sprint devices as part of a handset trafficking scheme that involved several individuals and business entities.
"While we understand there is a legitimate secondary market for devices that is beneficial to customers and to carriers, we strongly believe that customers are injured by the types of activities challenged in this case," Sprint's Chief Legal Officer Jorge Gracia said in a June 4 statement.
