Lawsuit Overview
An investor in Centurylink Inc’s 7.60% Senior Notes, Series P, due 2039, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements made between March 1, 2013 through June 19, 2017
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges on behalf of purchasers of Centurylink Inc’s 7.60% Senior Notes, Series P, due 2039, that the defendants violated Federal Securities Laws.
More specifically, the plaintiff claims that Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) and certain of its officers issued a series of materially false or misleading representations to the market, which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price for the bonds during the period March 1, 2013 through June 19, 2017.
On June 16, 2017, an article was published entitled “CenturyLink Is Accused of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme,” stating that a “former CenturyLink Inc. employee claims she was fired for blowing the whistle on the telecommunications company’s high-pressure sales culture that left customers paying millions of dollars for accounts they didn't request.” The article states that “she was fired days after notifying Chief Executive Officer Glen Post of the alleged scheme during a companywide question-and-answer session held on an internal message board.”