If, between August 20, 2020 and August 20, 2024, you received text messages from Athena Bitcoin, Inc. after sending a “stop” request, you may be able to receive a cash payment from a class action settlement.
Note: This website provides information for the IDNC Class. If you are a member of the FTSA Class, click here to be directed to the settlement website for the FTSA Class.
A federal court authorized this notice. You are not being sued. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
- A settlement (the “Settlement”) has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Athena Bitcoin, Inc. (“Athena”). Class Representative Keon Jackson alleged in a class action lawsuit that Athena sent, or caused to be sent, telemarketing text messages to people who requested that those messages stop.
- You are an “IDNC Settlement Class Member” if you were a residential telephone subscriber between August 20, 2020 and August 20, 2024, and during that time sent the message “stop” to Athena but received at least two text messages from Athena more than 30 days after.
- If you are an IDNC Settlement Class Member, you may submit a timely and valid Claim Form to receive a cash payment or proceed with one of the options outlined below:
This Settlement may affect your rights. Please read this Settlement Website carefully.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS LAWSUIT | DEADLINE | |
SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM | Submit a timely and valid Claim Form, as instructed on this Settlement Website. Submitting a Claim Form allows you to receive your share of the Settlement Fund.
| Submitted online or Postmarked by June 30, 2026 |
ASK TO BE EXCLUDED | Submit a written request to be excluded, as instructed on this Settlement Website. Receive nothing from the Settlement but maintain your right to file a separate lawsuit regarding the legal claims at issue. | Postmarked by May 15, 2026 |
OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT | File a timely objection to the Court, Class Counsel, and Defendant’s Counsel, as instructed on the Settlement Website. Stay a Settlement Member but tell the Court which parts of the Settlement you object to. | Filed by May 15, 2026 |
DO NOTHING | Get no Settlement benefits, while still being bound by the Settlement. By doing nothing, you lose the opportunity to submit a Claim Form for potential payment but will still be considered a part of the IDNC Settlement Class who have resolved their claims against Athena. |
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Your rights and options, and the deadlines to exercise them, are explained on this Settlement Website.
The Court presiding over this class action must decide whether to approve the Settlement and the requested attorneys’ fees and expenses. No cash payments will be provided to IDNC Settlement Class Members unless the Court approves the Settlement and it becomes final.
Click here to access the dedicated case website for the FTSA Class.