Comcast has agreed to situation refunds to fifteen,600 clients and cancel the money owed of one other 16,000 folks to settle allegations that the cable firm lied to clients as a way to cover the true price of service. Comcast must pay $1.3 million in refunds. Ars Technica studies:

Comcast must pay $1.3 million in refunds. The settlement with Minnesota Lawyer Basic Keith Ellison, introduced yesterday, resolves a lawsuit filed by the state towards Comcast in December 2018.

The legal professional common’s lawsuit alleged that Comcast “charged Minnesota customers greater than it promised it could for his or her cable providers, together with undisclosed ‘charges’ that the corporate used to bolster its income, and that it charged for providers and gear that clients didn’t request,” the settlement announcement stated. Comcast additionally “promised [customers] pay as you go reward playing cards as an inducement to enter into multi-year contracts, then failed to supply the playing cards,” Minnesota alleged.

Refunds to the 15,600 clients will complete $1.14 million. Comcast should additionally pay one other $160,000 to the state legal professional common’s workplace, which might use all or any of that quantity to supply extra refunds. That brings the full quantity Comcast pays to $1.3 million.