Satellite radio company SiriusXM has started compensating some customers who received unsolicited phone calls from the company in violation of federal telemarketing rules.
The settlement money stems from a federal class action lawsuit, Buchanan v. SiriusXM, that accused the satellite radio giant of using automated phone dialing services to make commercial phone calls to numbers registered on the federal Do Not Call registry and a separate internal no-call list maintained by the company.
SiriusXM settled the case without admitting any wrongdoing. The company agreed to provide three months of free service or a cash settlement to customers who filed a claim. The claim window closed last October; customers who did not submit a claim will not be compensated.
The cash settlement fund reached $25 million. This week, court administrators began mailing $38 settlement checks to customers who opted for the cash.
