October 8, 2014

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office, along with the Attorneys General of 49 other states and the District of Columbia, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission, reached a $105M settlement with AT&T Mobility LLC resolving allegations that AT&T Mobility placed on consumers’ mobile telephone bills charges for third-party services that had not been authorized by consumers, a practice known as “cramming.” One common cramming charge is a $9.99-per-month premium text message subscription service (also known as PSMS) for horoscopes, trivia, and sports scores that consumers often never requested. NYAG