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Instacart sued by DC attorney general over ‘deceptive’ service fees – Source CNET Tech

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District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit against the grocery delivery service Instacart on Thursday. The suit alleges that the company deceived customers with service fees that appeared to go to workers, but went into company coffers instead.

“Instacart tricked District consumers into believing they were tipping grocery delivery workers when, in fact, the company was charging them extra fees and pocketing the money,” said Racine, adding that the company also failed to pay DC sales taxes. “We filed suit to force Instacart to honor its legal obligations, pay DC the taxes it owes, and return millions of…

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