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Credit Union Denies Zelle Fraud Claim Citing Prior Family Account Activity

A credit union denies a $8,900 Zelle fraud claim by pointing to historical family account usage as justification for the unauthorized transactions. The fraud model treats prior shared account activity as evidence of authorization. Dozens of clearly unauthorized withdrawals are dismissed because the account had previous family-shared access.

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