
A lawsuit seeking to potentially cover hundreds of thousands of America Online subscribers accuses the Time Warner unit of <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_hi_te/aol_lawsuit">illegally billing customers</A> by creating secondary accounts for them without their consent. The lawsuit, filed last month in St. Clair County Circuit Court on behalf of 10 AOL customers in six states, claims the company confused and deceived customers about the charges, stalled them from canceling unauthorized accounts and refused to return questioned fees.