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Industry: telecommunications
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,621,433,891
Number of Records: 1,255
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries 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. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
ZTE$2,592,360,0644
Verizon Communications$2,577,802,258262
T-Mobile US$1,728,257,83596
Ericsson$1,376,507,02815
AT&T$1,221,307,295319
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC$850,000,0002
Telia Company AB$731,603,9722
DISH Network$592,984,01834
Lumen Technologies$491,640,292109
Frontier Communications$420,241,07232

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2012private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
WorldCom Inc.Verizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001private lawsuit-federal$88,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$350,000,000
DirecTV LLCAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$16,850,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2023private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Verizon Connect Inc.Verizon Communicationswage and hour violation2024private lawsuit-federal$1,625,000
QwestLumen Technologiesaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007AK-AG$19,000,000
QwestLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2003AZ-AG$3,750,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2020AZ-AG$10,900,000
U.S. West Communications Inc.Lumen Technologiesutility service violation2004AZ-CC$9,000,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2004AZ-CC$20,700,000
US West CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility service violation2000AZ-CC$1,500,000
Ericsson de Panama S. A.Ericssonexport control violation2012BIS$1,753,000
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2017BIS$661,000,000
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2018BIS$1,400,000,000
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-AG$999,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2014CA-AG$51,800,000
AT&TAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2006CA-AG$25,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
ComcastComcastprivacy violation2015CA-AG$33,000,000
Comcast Cable Communications LLCComcasthazardous waste violation2015CA-AG$25,950,000
DirecTVAT&Thazardous waste violation2017CA-AG$9,500,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2002CA-AG$8,500,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationsair pollution violation2009CA-ARB$8,500
AT&TAT&Tair pollution violation2006CA-ARB$161,750
Universal City Studios LLCComcastair pollution violation2021CA-ARB$87,000
Verizon CommunicationVerizon CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2010CA-CRD$6,011,190
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-LACA$999,000
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2012CA-LCO$8,047
Metro PCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2012CA-LCO$13,500
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$6,000
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$8,500
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$6,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$10,500
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$120,000
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$375,000
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC dba Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2021CA-LCO$10,114
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$7,918
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$5,905
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$10,595
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$6,550
Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I, Inc.Comcastwage and hour violation2014CA-LCO$7,754
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009CA-LCO$8,367
AT & T Mobility, LLCAT&Twage and hour violation2008CA-LCO$12,064
Blockbuster Inc.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2009CA-MULTI$300,000
Time Warner Cable LLCCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020CA-MULTI$18,800,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CA-MULTI(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $69,000,000
DISH Network California Service Corp.DISH Networkhazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,500,000
AT&TAT&Thazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,900,000
Assurance Wireless USA, (F/K/A Virgin Mobile USA, wholly owned by Sprint) (U-4327-C)T-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2021CA-PUC$41,686,931
AT&TAT&Tutility administrative violation2020CA-PUC$3,750,000
ComcastComcastconsumer protection violation2015CA-PUC(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $33,400,000
TracFone Wireless, Inc.Verizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CA-PUC$10,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
Cellco Partnership LLP d/b/a Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P.T-Mobile USutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
MCIVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006CA-PUC$3,300,000
QwestLumen Technologiesutility service violation2006CA-PUC$180,000
Cingular WirelessAT&Tconsumer protection violation2004CA-PUC$12,140,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2004CA-PUC$4,836,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$27,000,000
Qwest/LCILumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$20,340,000
Pacific BellAT&Tconsumer protection violation2001CA-PUC$25,550,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2022CA-PUC$2,504,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USutility service violation2022CA-PUC$3,585,000
New Cingular Wireless Pcs and AT&T MobilAT&Tair pollution violation2016CA-SCAQMD$97,500
DirecTVAT&Tair pollution violation2016CA-SCAQMD$17,500
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLCAT&Tair pollution violation2014CA-SCAQMD$5,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2013CA-SCAQMD$5,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2013CA-SCAQMD$9,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2012CA-SCAQMD$94,750
Verizon California Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2012CA-SCAQMD$278,437
Verizon California Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2010CA-SCAQMD$17,500
Verizon CA Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2009CA-SCAQMD$6,000
Verizon CaliforniaVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2009CA-SCAQMD$6,000
DirecTVAT&Tair pollution violation2005CA-SCAQMD$10,000
Pacific BellAT&Tair pollution violation2002CA-SCAQMD$10,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Co.AT&Tenvironmental violation2011CA-SCCDA$40,490
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2015CFPB$50,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CFPB$70,000,000
DISH Network L.L.C.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2015CO-AG$2,000,000
QwestLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CO-AG$1,000,000
DIRECTV, LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021CO-AG$1,022,000
ComcastComcastconsumer protection violation2022CO-AG$75,000
Century LinkLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2021CO-DL$13,508
Cablevision Lightpath CT LLCAltice USA Inc.tax violations2015CT-AG$6,000
Deutsche Telekom North America Inc.Deutsche Telekomtax violations2012CT-AG$8,355
Qwest Communications International, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001CT-AG$1,100,000
Southern New England Telephone and Woodbury TelephoneFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2002CT-AG$561,000
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLCCharter Communicationstax violations2015CT-AG$6,900
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2008CT-AG$70,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$60,000,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$43,700,000
Verizon Wireless Services, LLCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CT-BKG$10,000
AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021DC-AG$1,500,000
Verizon Washington DC, Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2019DC-ENV$73,000
Verizon Washington DC, Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2018DC-ENV$8,000
The DirecTV Group and Hughes Network Systems Corporation, Inc.AT&Texport control violation2005DDTC$5,000,000
Hughes Electronics CorporationAT&Texport control violation2003DDTC$24,000,000
Motorola CorporationMotorola Solutionsexport control violation2001DDTC$600,000
ComcastComcastenvironmental violation2002DE-ENV$5,361
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.