A federal judge in Camden, New Jersey, has imposed a $5,000 sanction on a Pennsylvania lawyer for filing a frivolous suit against Wells Fargo Bank.

In a suit with 19 separate counts that sought $145 million in damages, attorney Joshua Louis Thomas sued the bank on behalf of a property owner in foreclosure—even though the owner never spoke to Thomas or authorized him to file the suit, U.S. District Senior Judge Noel Hillman said when he imposed the sanction.