US judge orders probe of phony Visa, Mastercard settlement website

A US judge has granted a request to investigate a website that is providing false and misleading information about a $5.6 billion settlement between retailers and Visa and Mastercard over card fees. The judge has set a deadline for the website to respond to the inquiry. The website closely resembles the official court-authorized page for the settlement, and fraud claims have arisen from similar cases in the past.

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