Rogers fined $500,000 for not testing claim about dropped calls
We first reported in August 2013 that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that Rogers’ advertising claims that customers of its Chatr brand experienced fewer dropped calls than customers of new entrants, including Wind Mobile and Public Mobile, were not false or misleading in our article Court Drops Misleading Advertising Case Against Rogers. The Court did find, however, that Rogers had not conducted adequate and proper tests before making certain representations in Calgary, Edmonton, and Montreal contrary to the Competition Act. Since then, the Court has ordered Rogers to pay an administrative monetary penalty (“AMP”) of $500,000 for not ... [more] Full article
Online Job Scammer in the Slammer
An online job scammer will have new job opportunities as a prison inmate after being sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Matthew Hovila, of Edmonton, Alberta, was sentenced to 15 ... [more] Full article
Guilty Plea in Telemarketing Investigation
The 72 year-old manager of a Montreal boiler room has been sentenced to a conditional sentence of nine months to be served in the community and 12 months probation after ... [more] Full article
Must read: The Little Black Book of Scams
The Competition Bureau has recently updated its Canadian edition of The Little Black Book of Scams. The common sense advice on avoiding common scams in this booklet make it a ... [more] Full article
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