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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
Comcast Cable Communications, LLCComcastenvironmental violation2016EPA$28,782
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2010EEOC$60,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2011EEOC$20,000,000
Blockbuster Inc.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2011EEOC$2,328,668
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLCAT&Temployment discrimination2012EEOC$120,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2013EEOC$250,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2016EEOC$250,000
Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2009EEOC$37,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2009EEOC$75,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2007EEOC$756,000
Verizon Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2006EEOC$48,900,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiesemployment discrimination2006EEOC$400,000
EchoStar Communications Corp.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2005EEOC$8,000,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2009EEOC$1,300,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment discrimination2000EEOC$50,000
Pacific Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Temployment discrimination2018EEOC$15,000
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationsemployment discrimination2019EEOC$99,500
DISH Network LLCDISH Networkemployment discrimination2019EEOC$1,250,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USemployment discrimination2005EEOC$100,000
Blockbuster, Inc.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2005EEOC$50,000
Comcast Corp.Comcastemployment discrimination2004EEOC$700,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2003EEOC$75,000
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationsemployment discrimination2020EEOC$800,000
Charter Communications, LLCCharter Communicationsemployment discrimination2024EEOC$60,000
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INCVerizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2011EBSA$10,001
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INCVerizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
WORLDCOM INTERNATIONAL DATA SERVICES, INC.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
PURPLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.ZVRSbenefit plan administrator violation2022EBSA$10,001
Blockbuster Inc.DISH NetworkAmericans with Disabilities Act2010DOJ_RIGHTS$22,000
ZTE CorporationZTEexport control violation2017DOJ_NATSEC$430,488,798
VimpelCom LimitedVEONForeign Corrupt Practices Act2016DOJ_CRIMINAL$230,000,000
Magyar Telekom PLC and Deutsche Telekom AGDeutsche TelekomForeign Corrupt Practices Act2011DOJ_CRIMINAL$63,900,000
Alcatel-Lucent S.A.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2010DOJ_CRIMINAL$92,000,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2007DOJ_CRIMINAL$1,000,000
Telia Company ABTelia Company ABForeign Corrupt Practices Act2017DOJ_CRIMINAL$274,603,972
Mobile TeleSystems PJSCMobile TeleSystems PJSCForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$750,000,000
EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$520,000,000
LM EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2023DOJ_CRIMINAL$206,000,000
AT&TAT&TFalse Claims Act and related2013DOJ_CIVIL$3,500,000
Lucent Technologies World Services Inc.NokiaFalse Claims Act and related2012DOJ_CIVIL$4,200,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2011DOJ_CIVIL$93,525,410
General Communication Inc.Liberty BroadbandFalse Claims Act and related2011DOJ_CIVIL$1,556,075
AT&T MissouriAT&TFalse Claims Act and related2009DOJ_CIVIL$1,400,000
AT&T Technical Services Corp.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2009DOJ_CIVIL$8,266,414
AT&T Inc.AT&Tcivil contempt2009DOJ_CIVIL$2,000,000
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2006DOJ_CIVIL$2,900,000
WorldCom, Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2004DOJ_CIVIL$27,670,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USFalse Claims Act and related2003DOJ_CIVIL$5,565,250
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2020DOJ_CIVIL$126,000,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2022DOJ_CIVIL$13,400,000
GCI Communications Corp.Liberty BroadbandFalse Claims Act and related2023DOJ_CIVIL$40,242,546
Verizon Business Network Services LLCVerizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2023DOJ_CIVIL$4,091,317
ALLTEL CorporationVerizon Communicationscivil contempt2007DOJ_ANTITRUST$1,325,000
CenturyLink Inc.Lumen Technologiescivil contempt2021DOJ_ANTITRUST$275,000
ComcastComcastenvironmental violation2002DE-ENV$5,361
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
Verizon Washington DC, Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2019DC-ENV$73,000
Verizon Washington DC, Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2018DC-ENV$8,000
AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021DC-AG$1,500,000
Verizon Wireless Services, LLCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CT-BKG$10,000
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
Century LinkLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2021CO-DL$13,508
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
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2015CFPB$50,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CFPB$70,000,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Co.AT&Tenvironmental violation2011CA-SCCDA$40,490
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
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
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.