FCC Fines Verizon a Record-Breaking $25 Million for Screwing Customers [Fcc]

Oct 31st 2010
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FCC Fines Verizon a Record-Breaking Million for Screwing Customers [Fcc] Remember when Verizon recently said ” sorry” to 15 million of its cellphone customers for overcharging them to the tune of $52.8 million? So does the FCC, which just levied a big $25 million fine against them for the error.

According to the FCC, the fine is the biggest inside the agency’s history.

Note: The previously reported $90 million amount Verizon purportedly overcharged data using customers has since been readjusted to the $52.8 million number seen above. [ Reuters ]

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