Verizon Caught Gouging Customers for $90 million

Verizon agrees to pay up close $90 million dollars for wrongly taking money by unauthorized charges.  More and more companies are using phone bills to automatically charge consumers for questionable charges.  Check your phone bill for charges!

"Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds
By EDWARD WYATT
WASHINGTON — Verizon Wireless said on Sunday that it would pay up to $90 million in refunds to 15 million cellphone customers who were wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use, one of the largest customer refunds by a telecommunications company.
The announcement came in a statement from Verizon Wireless as the company held talks with the Federal Communications Commission about complaints of unauthorized charges and in response to questions about a possible settlement of an F.C.C. investigation into the issue."

There is more here at the link.  If you have a collection account as a result of a contract with Verizon give the folks at credit repair Houston a call to review the account.