Booking Holdings Settles Texas Lawsuit Alleging It Obscured Mandatory Fees

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $9.5 million settlement from Booking Holdings, ending a lawsuit that accused the online travel giant of masking mandatory fees and promoting room rates that were never actually available. The agreement follows allegations that the company’s platforms—Booking.com, Priceline.com and Kayak.com—relied on deceptive “junk fee” tactics.

Booking Holdings Settles Texas Lawsuit Alleging It Obscured Mandatory Fees

Walmart hit with $10 million fine after allegedly enabling wire fraud

Walmart has agreed to a $10 million settlement following allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it enabled scammers to defraud consumers across the nation through its money transfer services. Consumers were reportedly cheated out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Walmart hit with $10 million fine after allegedly enabling wire fraud