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Violation Tracker Agency Summary Page

Agency Name: Federal Communications Commission
Penalty Total since 2000: $4,404,117,836
Number of Records: 535
Note: The parent penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the list of individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Verizon Communications$954,292,92626
T-Mobile US$608,789,00015
AT&T$346,855,31025
KDDI$81,070,3222
Sinclair Broadcast Group$70,871,2003
Liberty Broadband$45,020,0004
ZVRS$43,016,5273
Lumen Technologies$38,842,00011
Paramount Global$8,942,0005
Audacy Inc.$7,635,0007

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent Industry sort iconPrimary Offense TypeYearPenalty Amount
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2023$50,000
TracFoneVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2023$23,500,000
Lumen Technologies, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunicationstelecommunications violation2023$867,000
Wal-Mart.com USAWalmartretailingtelecommunications violation2014$120,000
Pilot Travel CentersPilot Corporationretailingtelecommunications violation2004$125,000
Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroadstelecommunications violation2016$1,210,000
Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railwayrailroadstelecommunications violation2014$5,250,000
Intrado CommunicationsApollo Global Managementprivate equity (including portfolio companies)telecommunications violation2015$1,400,000
Net One InternationalNetOne Internationalmiscellaneous servicestelecommunications violation2016$1,600,000
Net One InternationalNetOne Internationalmiscellaneous servicestelecommunications violation2014$25,000
Marriott Vacations Worldwide CorporationMarriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.miscellaneous servicestelecommunications violation2020$70,000
Acuity Brands, Inc.Acuity Brandsmiscellaneous manufacturingtelecommunications violation2017$25,000
Vista Outdoor, Inc.Vista Outdoor Inc.miscellaneous manufacturingtelecommunications violation2020$55,000
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.Cleveland-Cliffsmining and mineralstelecommunications violation2022$50,000
Constellium Rolled ProductsConstelliummetalstelecommunications violation2015$135,000
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Groupmediatelecommunications violation2016$9,495,000
Cumulus MediaCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2016$540,000
Cox CommunicationsCox Enterprisesmediatelecommunications violation2015$595,000
iHeart Communications Inc.iHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2015$1,000,000
Univision Local MediaTelevisaUnivision Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2015$20,000
ViacomParamount Globalmediatelecommunications violation2015$1,120,000
Journal Broadcast CorporationE.W. Scrippsmediatelecommunications violation2014$115,000
Radio License Holding XI, LLCCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2014$44,000
Turner BroadcastingWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2014$200,000
Time Warner EntertainmentWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2013$25,000
Univision RadioTelevisaUnivision Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2010$1,000,000
CBS RadioAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2007$3,000,000
Citadel BroadcastingCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2007$2,000,000
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2007$3,500,000
Entercom CommunicationsAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2007$4,000,000
Univision Radio License CorporationTelevisaUnivision Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2005$28,000
Entercom CommunicationsAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2004$220,000
Viacom Inc.Paramount Globalmediatelecommunications violation2004$3,500,000
ViacomParamount Globalmediatelecommunications violation2004$550,000
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communicationsmediatelecommunications violation2004$300,000
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2004$1,750,000
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communicationsmediatelecommunications violation2004$14,000
Infinity Broadcasting OperationsAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2004$27,500
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediamediatelecommunications violation2004$755,000
Infinity Broadcasting Operations, Inc.Audacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2003$10,000
Infinity BroadcastingAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2003$357,500
TEGNATegnamediatelecommunications violation2017$55,000
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Groupmediatelecommunications violation2017$13,376,200
Cumulus MediaCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2019$233,000
Discovery Inc.Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2019$68,000
CBS Broadcasting Inc.Paramount Globalmediatelecommunications violation2019$272,000
Scripps Broadcasting HoldingsE.W. Scrippsmediatelecommunications violation2019$1,130,000
Sinclair Broadcasting GroupSinclair Broadcast Groupmediatelecommunications violation2020$48,000,000
EntercomAudacy Inc.mediatelecommunications violation2020$20,000
Townsquare Media of El Paso, Inc.Townsquare Mediamediatelecommunications violation2020$6,000
Cumulus Radio LLCCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2021$233,000
ViacomCBS Inc.Paramount Globalmediatelecommunications violation2021$3,500,000
Cumulus Licensing LLCCumulus Mediamediatelecommunications violation2022$32,000
Five9 Inc.Five9 Inc.information technologytelecommunications violation2015$2,000,000
Hilton WorldwideHilton Worldwidehotelstelecommunications violation2015$25,000
Marriott InternationalMarriott Internationalhotelstelecommunications violation2014$600,000
Marriott International, Inc.Marriott Internationalhotelstelecommunications violation2018$504,000
ESPNWalt Disneyentertainmenttelecommunications violation2015$280,000
American Broadcasting CompaniesWalt Disneyentertainmenttelecommunications violation2019$395,000
Caesars Entertainment CorporationCaesars Entertainment Inc.entertainmenttelecommunications violation2020$127,000
ESPN, IncWalt Disneyentertainmenttelecommunications violation2021$20,000
IntelIntelelectrical and electronic equipmenttelecommunications violation2014$144,000
Sony Mobile CommunicationsSonyelectrical and electronic equipmenttelecommunications violation2014$400,000
Precision Castparts Corp.Berkshire Hathawaydiversifiedtelecommunications violation2016$60,000
SiemensSiemensdiversifiedtelecommunications violation2016$175,000
Koch Industries Inc.Koch Industriesdiversifiedtelecommunications violation2006$75,000
LG ElectronicsLGdiversifiedtelecommunications violation2008$1,700,000
Nutrien, Ltd.Nutrien Ltd.chemicalstelecommunications violation2019$24,000
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyArcher Daniels Midlandagribusinesstelecommunications violation2020$240,000
L3Harris TechnologiesL3Harris Technologiesaerospace and military contractingtelecommunications violation2019$100,000
Essex Telcom, Inc. telecommunications violation2016$28,800
Birch Communications telecommunications violation2016$6,100,000
Sandwich Isles and Waimana Enterprises telecommunications violation2016$76,000,000
Network Services Solutions telecommunications violation2016$21,691,499
Data Integration Systems, Inc. telecommunications violation2016$11,000,000
ClipperData LLC telecommunications violation2016$195,000
Telecom House Inc. telecommunications violation2016$75,000
TP-Link telecommunications violation2016$200,000
Blue Jay Wireless telecommunications violation2016$2,000,000
Puerto Rico Telephone Company and America Movil telecommunications violation2016$1,100,000
C.T.S. Technology Co., Limited telecommunications violation2016$34,912,500
inContact, Inc. telecommunications violation2016$100,000
D.T.V., LLC telecommunications violation2016$89,200
The Supply Room Inc. telecommunications violation2016$20,500
R&N Manufacturing, Ltd. telecommunications violation2016$9,750
Taylor Oilfield Manufacturing, Inc. telecommunications violation2016$28,000
Calling 10 and Telseven telecommunications violation2016$3,430,000
OneLink Communications, Inc. et al. telecommunications violation2016$29,600,000
PTT Phone Cards, Inc. telecommunications violation2015$493,327
Preferred Long Distance telecommunications violation2015$1,440,000
M.C. Dean telecommunications violation2015$718,000
Locus Telecommunications, Inc. telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
Lyca Tel, LLC telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
NobelTel, LLC telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
Simple Network, Inc. telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
STi Telecom Inc. telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
Touch-Tel USA, LLC telecommunications violation2015$5,000,000
Kajeet Inc. telecommunications violation2015$450,000
Hamilton Relay telecommunications violation2015$235,000
InnoCaption telecommunications violation2015$25,000
Smart City Holdings LLC telecommunications violation2015$750,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.