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AT&T to refund $80 million in settlement of mobile cramming case

2014-10-08 22:01:25| Telecom - Topix.net

A woman talks on a cellphone while walking past an AT&T Inc. store in New York City in January. A woman talks on a cellphone while walking past an AT&T Inc. store in New York City in January.

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AT&T to pay USD 80 mln to settle FTC mobile cramming charges

2014-10-08 19:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) As part of a USD 105 million settlement with federal and state law enforcement officials, AT&T Mobility will pay USD 80 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to provide refunds to consumers the company unlawfully billed for unauthorised third-party charges, a practice referred to as mobile cramming. The refunds are part of a multi-agency settlement that also includes USD 20 million in penalties and fees paid to 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a USD 5 million penalty to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Senate: Carriers Can Do More to Prevent Bill Cramming

2014-07-31 21:38:09| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide

The committee recommended that carriers be more vigilant in identifying new cramming scams.

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Senate committee: Mobile phone 'cramming' widespread, profits carriers

2014-07-31 13:15:19| InfoWorld: Top News

Mobile carriers have pulled in hundreds of millions in profits through third-party charges tacked onto customers' bills without their consent, according to a report from a U.S. Senate committee. The carriers have been slow to act against scammers tacking third-party charges onto mobile bills even after thousands of complaints by customers and investigations by multiple state attorneys general during the past six years, said the staff report from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released Wednesday.

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