State officials announced on Friday that Wall Mart, the country’s largest retail store, would pay $ 5.6 million to settle a lawsuit to protect the consumer that accuses the company of excessively imposing fees on its customers.
According to the Santa Clara provincial attorney office, Wall Mart has sold less weight products than on the label – including products, baked goods and other foods or prepared elements.
The civil complaint, which was submitted by multiple provinces in California, including San Bernardino Province, has also accused the retail giant of illegally charging customers than or publishing the lowest price.
“When someone brings an element to the record to be wiped, the price must be correct,” said Jeff Rosen, the lawyer for Santa Clara. “They expect it. California expects it. My office expects it – and we will apply the law to confirm this.”
A lawsuit against Walmart, which runs 280 stores in California, was also filed to work on excessive charging in 2012 and paid $ 2.1 million for a settlement.
As of Friday’s announcement, Walmart will again pay millions – this time $ 5.5 million of civil sanctions, and 139,908.92 dollars to cover the costs of investigations.
This last settlement was reached with DA offices from Santa Clara, San Diego, San Bernardino and Sonoma provinces.