AOL Agrees to Settle Claims of Wrong Billing

America Online Inc. agreed to pay customers as much as $25 million to settle claims that it wrongly billed them for some online services and products.

The Time Warner Inc. unit had charged for services and products without customers’ consent, according to several proposed class-action lawsuits. The plaintiffs also said AOL billed customers for accounts after they tried to cancel them. AOL denied the allegations.

In addition to making cash compensation, AOL agreed to provide account credits, forgive unauthorized charges and donate services to charity. AOL will pay as much as $8 million in fees to customers’ attorneys, the agreement says.