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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 Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
ZTE	$2,592,360,064	4
Verizon Communications	$2,577,802,258	262
T-Mobile US	$1,728,257,835	96
Ericsson	$1,376,507,028	15
AT&T	$1,221,307,295	319
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC	$850,000,000	2
Telia Company AB	$731,603,972	2
DISH Network	$592,984,018	34
Lumen Technologies	$491,640,292	109
Frontier Communications	$420,241,072	32

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Current Parent	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
AT&T Corp.	AT&T	employment discrimination	2000	EEOC	$50,000
Alltel Communications Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2007	OFCCP	$275,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Company	AT&T	employment discrimination	2018	EEOC	$15,000
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$370,000
South Central Bell	AT&T	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-federal	$6,000,000
Comcast	Comcast	employment discrimination	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$7,210,000
Alcatel-Lucent Inc.	Nokia	employment discrimination	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$1,400,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	employment discrimination	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$5,500,000
Sprint United Management	T-Mobile US	employment discrimination	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$352,756
Sprint	T-Mobile US	employment discrimination	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$57,000,000
Verizon Pennsylvania LLC	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$813,571
Southwestern Bell	AT&T	employment discrimination	2012	private lawsuit-state	$5,120,000
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2005	private lawsuit-state	$950,000
Avaya Inc.	Avaya Holdings	employment discrimination	2007	private lawsuit-state	$4,555,459
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-state	$1,479,320
Time Warner Cable, Inc.	Charter Communications	employment discrimination	2019	EEOC	$99,500
DISH Network LLC	DISH Network	employment discrimination	2019	EEOC	$1,250,000
Frontier Communications Corporation	Frontier Communications	employment discrimination	2019	OFCCP	$100,000
Sprint Corporation	T-Mobile US	employment discrimination	2019	OFCCP	$558,650
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	T-Mobile US	employment discrimination	2005	EEOC	$100,000
Blockbuster, Inc.	DISH Network	employment discrimination	2005	EEOC	$50,000
Comcast Corp.	Comcast	employment discrimination	2004	EEOC	$700,000
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2003	EEOC	$75,000
Time Warner Cable LCC	Charter Communications	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$745,000
Verizon Communications Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$675,000
Charter Communications, Inc.	Charter Communications	employment discrimination	2020	EEOC	$800,000
Comcast Corporation	Comcast	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$373,670
AT&T Services Inc.	AT&T	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$173,000
AT&T Services Inc.	AT&T	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$173,000
Verizon Communications Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2017	NY-NYCCHR	$6,000
Verizon New York, Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2007	NY-DHR	$24,356
Verizon New York, Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2010	NY-DHR	$7,500
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2023	OFCCP	$19,741
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2024	NJ-AG	$172,500
Charter Communications, LLC	Charter Communications	employment discrimination	2024	EEOC	$60,000
Perot Systems Corporation	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	economic sanction violation	2005	OFAC	$21,776
Ericsson, Inc. and Ericsson AB	Ericsson	economic sanction violation	2018	OFAC	$145,893
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.	Comtech Telecommunications	economic sanction violation	2020	OFAC	$894,111
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2015	FTC	$2,950,000
TracFone	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2015	FTC	$40,000,000
T-Mobile	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2014	FTC	$90,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLC	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2014	FTC	$80,000,000
Time Warner Cable Inc.	Charter Communications	consumer protection violation	2013	FTC	$1,900,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2015	CFPB	$50,000,000
Verizon	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2015	CFPB	$70,000,000
DIRECTV	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	FTC	$5,335,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	FTC	$365,000
Sprint Corporation	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2004	FTC	$1,125,000
Dish Network	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2017	FTC	$280,000,000
AirTouch Cellular	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-AG	$999,000
Alltel	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2006	WV-AG	$90,000
Altice	Altice USA Inc.	consumer protection violation	2018	NY-AG	$5,000,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2008	IL-AG	$7,000,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MA-AG	$565,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2013	MD-AG	$1,000,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MN-AG	$1,288,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MO-AG	$50,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	NY-AG	$400,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2000	NY-AG	$40,000
AT&T	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	PA-AG	$600,000
AT&T Corp.	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	FL-AG	$250,000
AT&T Corp.	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	TX-AG	$1,190,000
AT&T Mobility	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2011	FL-AG	$1,760,000
AT&T Mobility	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2009	NY-AG	$2,630,000
AT&T Mobility	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2007	CA-AG	$500,000
Blockbuster Inc.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$630,000
Blockbuster Inc.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2006	NJ-AG	$140,000
Charter Communications, Inc.	Charter Communications	consumer protection violation	2007	OR-AG	$73,460
Charter Communications, Inc.	Charter Communications	consumer protection violation	2018	NY-AG	$174,200,000
Cingular Wireless	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	MULTI-AG	$1,666,666
Cingular Wireless LLC	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2007	NY-AG	$35,000
Comcast	Comcast	consumer protection violation	2018	MA-AG	$700,000
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.	Comcast	consumer protection violation	2006	MA-AG	$1,000,000
DirecTV	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$13,250,000
DirecTV	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$5,000,000
DirecTV, Inc.	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2006	WI-AG	$115,000
DISH Network	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2014	WA-AG	$5,569,500
DISH Network L.L.C.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2015	CO-AG	$2,000,000
DISH Network, L.L.C.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2009	MULTI-AG	$5,900,000
EchoStar Communications Corporation	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2003	MULTI-AG	$5,000,000
Frontier Communications	Frontier Communications	consumer protection violation	2018	NY-AG	$25,000,000
Frontier Communications, Inc.	Frontier Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	NY-AG	$85,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.	Frontier Communications	consumer protection violation	2006	NY-AG	$80,000
IDT Corp.	IDT Corp.	consumer protection violation	2009	NJ-AG	$5,000
MCI Worldcom	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
MCI Worldcom Inc.	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	MO-AG	$250,000
Nextel	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2003	MO-AG	$50,000
Qwest	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2003	AZ-AG	$3,750,000
Qwest	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2002	CO-AG	$1,000,000
Qwest Communications	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2002	WA-AG	$1,300,000
Qwest Communications Corp. and LCI International Telecom Corp.	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2000	KS-AG	$350,000
Qwest Communications Corporation	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2000	WI-AG	$250,000
Qwest Communications International	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2001	PA-AG	$350,000
Qwest Corp.	Lumen Technologies	consumer protection violation	2002	ID-AG	$200,000
Southern New England Telephone and Woodbury Telephone	Frontier Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	CT-AG	$561,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$22,000,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	FL-AG	$800,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2008	NY-AG	$375,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2003	MO-AG	$50,000