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Agencies Investigate Unauthorized Customer Billings at Sprint – NYTimes.com

“WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Communications Commission are targeting Sprint in an investigation into whether the company illegally billed customers tens of millions of dollars for unauthorized charges related to premium text messages.”

“The consumer bureau sued Sprint in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, accusing Sprint of operating a billing system that allowed third parties to “cram” unauthorized charges onto consumers’ mobile phone bills.”

Seal of the United States Federal Communicatio...
Seal of the United States Federal Communications Commission. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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