Albertsons and Vons have agreed to pay nearly $4 million to resolve a civil complaint brought statewide, including in San Diego County.

Supermarket giant Albertsons and its Vons stores will pay nearly $4 million to settle complaints in California that they overcharged consumers through false advertising and unfair competition. At the heart of the complaints were faulty scales and scanners used to determine food prices in checkout lines.

Albertsons and Vons have agreed to pay nearly $4 million to resolve a civil complaint brought by prosecutors across the state alleging the grocery chains overcharged customers and engaged in false advertising.