Verizon and Sprint Are Paying Customers Back for Scam - http://clapway.com/2015/12/28/verizon-and-sprint-are-paying-customers-back-for-scam/

Current Verizon or Sprint customers have until December 31 to file a claim regarding unauthorized charges for premium texts. The practice, known as ‘cramming’, allows customers to file claims as part of the company’s multi-million settlement issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

Sprint and Verizon Agreed to Pay $158 million in Settlements

These premium texts often surround ringtones, cell phone wallpapers, or text messages about sports scores, celebrity gossip or tabloid news, and daily horoscopes. As it turns out, customers from these two carriers had allowed third parties to make unauthorized charges to certain accounts.

The Carriers Will Give Customers Their Money Back, Guaranteed

Victims of these charges can file a claim to get real cash money back from the carriers, but this is only viable until December 31. These charges may be $9.99 in average though it ranged between 99 cents and $14 for some customers. These cramming incidents date between 2010 and 2014.

AT&T Were Victims of This in the Past

Last year, AT&T and T-Mobile suffered the same incident, and the carriers paid more than $100 million in settlements. AT&T managed to settle with the FCC in mid-October, agreeing to pay $150 million with $80 million going back to wronged customers. As for T-Mobile, they were fined $112.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission. From this figure, the carrier agreed to pay$90 million in consumer refunds, $18 million in fines and $4.5 million to the FCC.

The holidays are a very stressful time, but things could be looking up for certain customers. If you’ve been wronged by Sprint or Verizon and see unauthorized charges, you can now make your holiday season a lot sweeter.

Filing A Claim to Sprint or Verizon is Easily Done

Victims of having these charges can go into Sprint’s refund website and Verizon’s settlement website. Anyone with additional questions or looking to see if they’re eligible can contact Sprint’s Legal/Regulatory and Consumer Resources (1-877-389-8787) or Verizon’s Wireless Premium SMS Refund Program (1-888-726-7063).

$50 million of Sprint’s settlement money is going back to customers, and $70 million of Verizon’s is for settlements. Both companies were reported to have made huge profits by allowing these third party services to cram customer’s phones. Verizon was earning about 30% in commissions, and Sprint was earning about 35%.

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Verizon and Sprint Are Paying Customers Back for Scam

Absolutely everyone"s nightmare. - http://clapway.com/2015/07/13/cancer-treatment-doctor-gets-45-year-sentence-for-fraud-3/

Healthcare Gone Wrong

After a two-year trial, a Detroit cancer treatment doctor faces 45 years in prison for crimes committed against his patients.

Dr. Farid Fata was sentenced on Friday after collecting from insurance companies, while also subjecting more than 500 of his patients to harmful and unnecessary treatments. Last year, Fata entered a plea of guilty to counts of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. Victims submitted testimony of the horrific acts that Fata submitted them under, including accounts of prescribing chemotherapy to otherwise perfectly healthy people.

Fata was in charge of seven Detroit, Michigan-based medical offices, including a cancer treatment clinic and a diagnosis testing facility. It was in these offices that he prescribed these false diagnoses, which included chemotherapy and expensive treatment charges. The total amount of theft from Medicare and other private insurance companies comes to around $35 million, on top of personal damages to patients.

Cancer Treatment Doctor Undergoing Trial

The trial for his crimes began in 2013. and Fata has been on trial since. He entered a plea of guilty, and along with the regulations of his guilty plea, Fata recounted his actions for the court. He admitted to prescribing unnecessary and excessively harsh cancer treatment options, including chemotherapy, to patients in order to increase his profits from fraud of the insurance companies. He also admitted to soliciting kickbacks, or bribery, from local hospices in exchange for referral of patients to further prey on.

In Friday’s sentencing, Fata stated: “I misused my talents, yes, and permitted this sin to enter me because of power and greed,” Fata said. “My quest for power is self-destructive.” Even with his remorseful statement, sentencing judge Paul Borman remained solemn in his reasoning to placing Fata on a proper punishment resulting in his 45 year prison sentence.

Moving Forward

Victims and supporters were satisfied with the outcome of this ordeal, and feel that this will be a step in the right direction to heal from the maleficence that Fata has put them through. Indeed, this trial serves as a lesson to all about being cautious about the malicious practices that once can be put through by professionals that they seek the help of.

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Cancer Treatment Doctor Gets 45 Year Sentence for Fraud