{"id":2449,"date":"2024-10-09T05:07:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T05:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdcome.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/09\/comcast-settles-mendacity-allegations-will-challenge-refunds-and-cancel-money-owed-the-reality-of-it-all\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T05:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T05:07:35","slug":"comcast-settles-mendacity-allegations-will-challenge-refunds-and-cancel-money-owed-the-reality-of-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdcome.com\/?p=2449","title":{"rendered":"Comcast Settles Mendacity Allegations, Will Challenge Refunds and Cancel Money owed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Comcast has agreed to situation refunds to fifteen,600 clients and cancel the money owed of one other 16,000 folks to settle allegations that the cable firm lied to clients as a way to cover the true price of service. Comcast must pay $1.3 million in refunds. Ars Technica<\/a> studies: <\/p>\n

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Comcast must pay $1.3 million in refunds. The settlement with Minnesota Lawyer Basic Keith Ellison,\u00a0introduced<\/a>\u00a0yesterday, resolves a lawsuit\u00a0filed by the state towards Comcast in December 2018.<\/p>\n

The legal professional common\u2019s lawsuit alleged that Comcast \u201ccharged Minnesota customers greater than it promised it could for his or her cable providers, together with undisclosed \u2018charges\u2019 that the corporate used to bolster its income, and that it charged for providers and gear that clients didn\u2019t request,\u201d the settlement announcement stated. Comcast additionally \u201cpromised [customers] pay as you go reward playing cards as an inducement to enter into multi-year contracts, then failed to supply the playing cards,\u201d Minnesota alleged.<\/p>\n

Refunds to the 15,600 clients will complete $1.14 million. Comcast should additionally pay one other $160,000 to the state legal professional common\u2019s workplace, which might use all or any of that quantity to supply extra refunds. That brings the full quantity Comcast pays to $1.3 million.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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