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Article: Internet firm to forgive $17 million in bills for visits to adult Web sites.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 7, 2004
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Byline: Jeff Gelles
PHILADELPHIA _ Thousands of consumers who say they were wrongly billed for visits to adult Web sites will have their bills forgiven, thanks to a settlement announced Monday by the Federal Trade Commission and Alyon Technologies Inc. of Secaucus, N.J.
Alyon admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to drop claims to $17 million it had sought from consumers who challenged the charges.
The FTC says $22 million in additional billings could be dropped if consumers sign affidavits saying they are not responsible _ either because the charges were completely in error or were agreed to by minors or someone else unauthorized by the person ...