Australian pleads guilty in US text fraud

By Jonathan Stempel
Updated June 9 2021 - 4:20am, first published 4:18am
An Australian man has apologised in a US court for fraud via a phone autosubscription scheme.
An Australian man has apologised in a US court for fraud via a phone autosubscription scheme.

An Australian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in what US prosecutors call a scheme to bilk hundreds of thousands of mobile phone users out of more than $US50 million ($A65 million) for unwanted text messaging services.

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