A Brooklyn man is using a video calling service for the deaf to reach
out and touch — himself, the company providing the service alleges in a
lawsuit. David Marcano is one of the most fervent users of software
offered by a Florida company, ZVRS, which gets federal money every time a
hearing-disabled person uses its product to place a call, the company
claims.
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The software allows the deaf to call one of ZVRS’s
sign-language interpreters via video chat. The interpreters act as
operators, placing calls to third parties on behalf of the deaf person
and then translating the call. But Marcano, 51, isn’t deaf, and his
calls don’t need any translating, the company says in Brooklyn federal
court papers. Marcano has made 4,646 calls to ZVRS since Jan. 1 “for the
sole purpose of self servicing in view of ZVRS’s employees,” the
business says.
“In every call made through ZVRS’s software platform, Marcano appears
on the video call for the purpose of exposing his private parts or self
servicing to ZVRS’s female staff,” according to the suit which seeks
unspecified damages. As soon as ZVRS cancels Marcano’s account, he uses
false information to create a new one, they gripe. He’s called from
eight different numbers, and contacted them as recently as Sept. 21, the
company charges. He has signed up for new ZVRS accounts under the names
“Davey Mareno,” “Davey Mar,” “Dave Maccan,” “Dave Mard” and “Dave
Macan,” among others.
The calls have cost the company productivity and business and left
ZVRS’s employees with emotional distress, the firm claims. ZVRS also is
seeking an injunction against Marcano to stop his hands-on use of their
service, accusing him of fraud and breach of contract because he signed
up for software he doesn’t need. Marcano didn’t respond to messages sent
to each of the 24 e-mail addresses ZVRS says he used to create the fake
accounts.
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