Class members who filed valid claims in the $3.3 million Absolute Dental Group data breach settlement began receiving payments on October 28, 2026, by electronic payment or paper check. One Zelle payment reviewed by OpenClassActions.com was $110.59; the administrator has not published a per-person amount.
What Is This About?
Payments are going out in the $3.3 million settlement of Jordan, et al. v. Absolute Dental Group, LLC, et al., No. 2:25-cv-00986, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The case followed a data incident between February 19 and March 5, 2025, in which an unauthorized party used a compromised third-party IT vendor account to reach the Nevada dental chain's systems. About 1.2 million people were in the settlement class.According to the official settlement website, the court granted final approval on July 30, 2026, the administrator has finished processing claims, and award payments are being sent out on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Absolute Dental settled without admitting wrongdoing. Class members are now reporting the money landing: one payment notice reviewed by OpenClassActions.com, sent through SoFi's Zelle service, showed $110.59 from "Jordan v Absolute Dental Group Settlement Administrator" and said it would be deposited automatically.
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How the Payments Are Being Sent
Claimants chose how to be paid when they filed: an electronic payment or a paper check. The settlement website says payments are being sent on October 28 and that, depending on the method chosen, a payment may take a few days to arrive. Paper checks travel by mail, so they generally take longer than electronic payments.The Zelle notice reviewed for this article came from SoFi, which partners with Zelle, and named the sender as "Jordan v Absolute Dental Group Settlement Administrator." The message described the deposit as automatic, so the recipient did not have to accept or claim it. Epiq, whose name appears on the settlement website, runs the site for the settlement.
Why Payment Amounts Differ
The settlement offered two cash benefits that class members could claim separately or together. The Cash Fund Payment was a pro rata share of the net settlement fund, so its size depended on how many valid claims were filed. The Documented Loss Payment reimbursed up to $5,000 in unreimbursed losses backed by third-party records.Class members who were California residents at the time of the breach, according to Absolute Dental's records, could receive up to two times the Cash Fund Payment. That means the $110.59 payment cannot be read as the standard amount: it could be a standard pro rata payment, a California payment, or a payment that includes a reimbursed loss. The administrator has not published a per-person figure.
Spotting a Fake Payment Message
Real settlement payments are attracting copycat messages across many cases, and a Zelle notice is easy to imitate. A genuine settlement payment does not require the recipient to pay a fee, share a bank password or read back a one-time verification code. The official settlement website, AbsoluteDataSettlement.com, is where the administrator posts payment updates and lists its contact options.What Happens Next
Payments that went out October 28 will keep arriving over the following days, with paper checks trailing electronic payments. The administrator says claims processing is complete and no late claims are being accepted. As of October 28, 2026, the settlement website had not posted a deadline for cashing paper checks. Background on the settlement terms and the breach is on the Absolute Dental data breach settlement page.Questions
When were Absolute Dental settlement payments sent?
The settlement administrator began sending award payments on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Depending on the payment method a class member chose on the claim form, electronic payment or paper check, the payment may take a few days to arrive.
How much is the Absolute Dental settlement payment?
The administrator has not published a per-person amount. One Zelle payment reviewed by OpenClassActions.com was $110.59. Individual amounts vary: the Cash Fund Payment was pro rata, California residents could receive up to two times that payment, and documented losses were reimbursed separately up to $5,000.
Is a Zelle payment from Jordan v Absolute Dental Group Settlement Administrator real?
The administrator is sending payments electronically and by paper check, and one payment notice reviewed by OpenClassActions.com arrived through Zelle under the sender name Jordan v Absolute Dental Group Settlement Administrator. A genuine settlement payment does not ask the recipient for a fee, a bank password or a one-time code. Payment updates are posted on the official settlement website, AbsoluteDataSettlement.com.
Are late claims being accepted?
The administrator says claims processing is complete and no late claims are being accepted. The claim deadline was June 18, 2026.
Sources
• Official Settlement Website, Current Status (accessed October 28, 2026): Absolute Dental Group, LLC Data Incident Settlement• Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement (PDF)
• CourtListener — Jordan v. Absolute Dental Group, LLC, No. 2:25-cv-00986 (D. Nev.) docket
• SoFi / Zelle payment notification provided to OpenClassActions.com by a class member (October 2026)
