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Oscar Wylee fined $3.5m for making fake claims about donating glasses – ABC News
Glasses chain Oscar Wylee has been fined $3.5 million for misleading consumers about the extent of its charitable activities.
Glasses chain Oscar Wylee has been fined $3.5 million by the Federal Court, for misleading consumers about the extent of its charitable activities.
Key points:
- Oscar Wylee claimed that it donated a pair of glasses for every pair it sold
- The company sold 328,010 pairs (but donated just 1pc of that to charity)
- It was fined $3.5m for breaching the Australian Consumer Law
Between 2014 and 2018, the company falsely claimed that for every pair of glasses bought by …
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