Apple has just been hit with another sizeable fine. The company has been facing friction in the Brazilian market for a while, and now, it faces a 2 million US Dollar fine as well as a possible ban on some of its iPhone models.
The Ministry of Justice in Brazil has imposed a a fine of 12.275 million Brazilian Real, which is around 2.34 million US Dollars. For those unaware, the Cupertino based giant has been facing issues in the region ever since it decided to stop shipping its iPhones with a charger included in the box. So now, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice has imposed a ban to stop the sales of all iPhone models that don’t ship with an included power adapter.
Following this ruling, Apple has issues a statement in response to the fine and the ban. As per this statement, the company said that it would work to resolve any concerns of the National Consumer Secretary (SENACON), which is a department under the Ministry of Justice that decided on the fine. Apple’s Brazil unit said that “We have already won several court rulings in Brazil on this matter and we are confident that our customers are aware of the various options for charging and connecting their devices.”
The fine isn’t going to be immediately imposed, although, it will go into effect once the Ministry verifies that Apple has circumvented the sales ban that it plans on enforcing. At the moment, the Ministry argues that the fine and ban on the iPhone maker is being imposed due to the brand selling an incomplete product since it did not include the power adapter.
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