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T-Mobile Accused of Selling Used Phones as New in Lawsuit

NEW YORK — New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand. The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted in higher-than-expected prices. RELATED: T-Mobile-Sprint merger approved …


T-Mobile and Other U.S. Carriers Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Selling Customer Location Data

The saga of location data scandals involving T-Mobile and the other three major U.S. carriers continues with news of class action lawsuits. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon have been hit with class action lawsuits related to the various location data scandals that’ve been uncovered over the past year or so. “This action arises out of Defendant’s colletion of geolocation data and the …


Iowa Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Makers of ‘Drinkable Sunscreen’

The makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet rays, according to a consumer fraud lawsuit filed this week by the Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. The lawsuit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC says the companies “recklessly gave consumers hollow assurances that they were protected from known …