AT&T Mobility LLC agreed Wednesday to pay $105 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and attorneys general from 50 states and the District of Columbia that it placed unauthorized charges on mobile phone bills.
Prosecutors said AT&T since 2009 has wrongly billed customers for hundreds of millions of dollars in charges originated by third-party companies. Unsuspecting consumers were typically charged $9.99 a month for ringtones or text messages about topics such as horoscopes, celebrity gossip or “fun facts.” According to the government, AT&T pocketed at least 35 percent of the revenue.
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