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Telstra faces court, $50m fine for exploiting 108 Indigenous customers – Yahoo Finance Australia
Australia’s largest telecommunications giant could be fined as much as $50 million.
Telstra is being taken to court by the ACCC. (Photo: WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
Australias competition watchdog has launched Federal Court proceedings against Telstra for unconscionable conduct towards Indigenous customers, who were each plunged into $7,400 debt on average as a result.
Between January 2016 and August 2018, sales staff at five Telstra stores sold multiple post-paid mobile contracts to 108 Indigenous customers who did not understand or could not afford it, according to the…
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