(NEXSTAR) – Verizon customers may be entitled to a portion of the $100 million the company agreed to pay to settle a class action lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that Verizon customers were charged management fees as part of a “deceptive scheme.” Verizon denies wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay up to $100 per person to affected users.
The group of eligible people includes all current or former Verizon customers in the United States who “receive postpaid wireless or data service from Verizon and paid an administrative fee during January 1, 2014. and/or the person who invoiced and paid the administrative and communication restoration fees.” 2016 and November 8, 2023. ”
A “postpaid” phone plan is the opposite of a prepaid plan. With a postpaid plan, you enter into a contract with your phone provider and are billed monthly based on your usage.
Eligible people should also have received a notification by mail or email.
To request a payment, you will need the ID and verification code from the payment notification sent to you.Once you have it, you will be able to Submit a claim online By the April 15th deadline.
As is often the case in class action lawsuits, it is not yet known how much compensation each person will receive. That depends in part on how many people submit and are approved.
The company could end up having to share $100 million in funding with millions of other Verizon customers.in fact sheet In a paper published late last year, the company said there were 92.7 million “wireless retail postpaid connections” in the consumer segment and 29.5 million “wireless retail postpaid connections” in the business segment.
According to , the minimum payment for eligible members will start at $15. Payment administrator, in increments of $1 depending on how long you have been a Verizon customer. Maximum payout amount is $100 per customer.
Once payment is approved and final, payment will be sent by check or electronic payment.
According to the settlement, Verizon will continue to charge administrative fees in question, but agreed to amend its customer agreements to better disclose them.
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