Dollar General will pay Pennsylvania more than $1.5 million after the attorney general said the company overcharged customers, with stores failing more than 40% of pricing accuracy inspections over the span of multiple years.

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General said its investigation uncovered "numerous" instances when customers were charged higher prices when checking out at Dollar General, which operates more than 900 retail locations throughout the state.

"Our investigation found widespread and repeated instances of Pennsylvanians being overcharged at checkout — blatant deception of customers all over the Commonwealth," Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a news release. "We are hopeful the corporation takes this settlement very seriously as Pennsylvanians expect

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