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Samsung fined $9.8M for misleading Australian phone ads
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FILE - Samsung Galaxy S20 phones are displayed at the Unpacked 2020 event in San Francisco, Feb. 11, 2020. An Australian judge on Thursday, July 28, 2022, ordered Samsung to pay a 14 million Australian dollar ($9.8 million) in penalties for misleading advertising over how water-resistant some models of smartphones are. - photo by AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay 14 million Australian dollars ($9.8 million) in penalties for misleading advertising over how water-resistant some models of smartphones are. Federal Court Justice Brendan Murphy gave Samsung Electronics Australia, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co., 30 days to pay the fines. Samsung must also pay AU$200,000 ($140,000) toward the costs of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the consumer watchdog that initiated an investigation of the phones four years ago.