Walmart will pay $5.6 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit alleging the Arkansas-based retail giant overcharged customers and sold products such as produce, baked goods and other prepared items with less weight than shown on the label.
The civil complaint, filed by a team of district attorneys’ offices, alleged that the retailer unlawfully charged customers prices higher than their lowest advertised or posted price, violating false advertising and unfair competition laws in California, where the retail chain has 280 stores.
This is not the first time the company has run into legal trouble for similar issues. In 2012, Walmart paid $2.1 million for overcharging consumers in violation of a 2008 judgment against the business…