Massachusetts will receive $455,000 in connection with a $158 million state and federal settlement with Sprint and Verizon over alleged unauthorized cell phone charges.
Attorney General Maura Healey reported Tuesday that the payments resolve claims that consumers were “crammed” with unauthorized charges for “premium short messaging services” or text message subscription services such as horoscopes, trivia and sports scores.
In December, T-Mobile agreed to pay more than $90 million over cramming allegations and AT&T in October 2014 agreed to pay $104 million, according to Healey’s office. Massachusetts will receive about $195,000 from Sprint and $260,000 from Verizon.
