Verizon Wireless announced it would refund a minimum of $52.8 million to 15 million mobile phone customers who alleged they were wrongly billed for data services. Customers complained that they were charged $1.99 Internet usage fees even when their phones were turned off or when they accidentally launched the Web browser. They alleged that Verizon had known about the problem for two years and rigged phones to make it easy to accidentally launch the browser. See related Verizon Communications instance, “Verizon Wireless Data Charges (FCC Investigation)”.