Regulators accuse T-Mobile of bogus billing
July 1, 2014 /Uncategorized

Regulators accuse T-Mobile of bogus billing

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2012 file photo shows a man using a cellphone as he passes a T-Mobile store in New York. T-Mobile USA knowingly made hundreds of millions off its customers in bogus charges, a federal regulator alleged Tuesday in a complaint that is likely to damage the reputation of a household name in wireless communications. In its complaint filed in federal court, the Federal Trade Commission claimed that T-Mobile billed consumers for subscriptions to premium text services such as $10-per-month horoscopes that were never authorized by the account holder. The FTC alleges that T-Mobile collected as much as 40 percent of the charges, even after being alerted by other customers that the subscriptions were scams. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — T-Mobile US became the target of a federal investigation and lawsuit Tuesday amid allegations that it bilked …read more

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