Pepsi’s plan to distribute $20-million in an online contest has run into controversy after the company appeared to violate its own rules, The New York Times reports.

The company says it made an honest mistake, but some charities are grumbling because staff members edited a submission by a charity founded by Mariska Hargitay, one of the stars of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

The company said that because of the error, it would give three $250,000 prizes instead of the two it had planned.

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