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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses	$630,351,449	70
employment-related offenses	$310,481,632	127
environment-related offenses	$90,435,363	25
competition-related offenses	$52,150,000	4
government-contracting-related offenses	$18,240,846	5

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
telecommunications violation	$347,355,310	27
consumer protection violation	$255,049,139	35
benefit plan administrator violation	$148,675,000	4
wage and hour violation	$140,729,934	34
environmental violation	$90,435,363	25

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the 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. The totals 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 list below.

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Individual Penalty Records:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.

Company .	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
The DirecTV Group and Hughes Network Systems Corporation, Inc.	export control violation	2005	DDTC	$5,000,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$117,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$18,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$14,200
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$60,846
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	utility service violation	2013	TX-PUC	$227,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2014	OSHA	$6,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2015	OSHA	$15,500
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2015	OSHA	$20,020
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2017	OSHA	$5,432
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2020	OSHA	$9,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.	utility safety violation	2015	KS-CC	$7,500
Southwestern Bell Telephone	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$5,560
Southwestern Bell Telephone	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$150,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$6,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$6,250
Southwestern Bell Communications	Family and Medical Leave Act	2004	WHD	$20,000
Southwestern Bell	employment discrimination	2012	private lawsuit-state	$5,120,000
South Central Bell	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-federal	$6,000,000
SBC, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$23,646
SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$16,000,000
SBC Internet Services Inc. d/b/a AT&T Internet Services	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$38,187
SBC Communications, Inc.	Family and Medical Leave Act	2004	WHD	$15,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,950
SBC Communications aka: Advanced Solutions Inc., et al.	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$7,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$1,350,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$6,000,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$3,600,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2001	FCC	$2,520,000
SBC Communications	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$98,547
SBC Communications	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$10,831
SBC Communications	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$7,500
SBC Communications	benefit plan administrator violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$10,000,000
SBC Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	CA-PUC	$27,000,000
SBC Ameritech Ohio	utility service violation	2002	OH-PUC	$8,200,000
SBC AMERITECH	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$5,375
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$7,500
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$8,700
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$6,250
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE DBA AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$5,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Nevada Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T	labor relations violation	2018	NLRB	$616,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T CORP.	workplace safety or health violation	2016	OSHA	$7,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T CORP.	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$14,060
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$13,165
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2017	OSHA	$5,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$13,870
Pacific Bell Telephone Co.	environmental violation	2011	CA-SCCDA	$40,490
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE CO.	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$7,425
Pacific Bell Telephone	wage and hour violation	2014	private lawsuit-state	$6,000,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE	workplace safety or health violation	2017	OSHA	$6,175
Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis	wage and hour violation	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Company	employment discrimination	2018	EEOC	$15,000
Pacific Bell	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$3,100,000
Pacific Bell	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$1,500,000
Pacific Bell	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-federal	$502,437
Pacific Bell	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-PUC	$25,550,000
Pacific Bell	environmental violation	2002	CA-SCAQMD	$10,000
PACIFIC BELL	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$18,270
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC	environmental violation	2014	CA-SCAQMD	$5,000
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS LLC DBA AT&T MOBILITY	environmental violation	2011	PA-ENV	$5,250
New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC	environmental violation	2010	EPA	$57,255
New Cingular Wireless Pcs and AT&T Mobil	environmental violation	2016	CA-SCAQMD	$97,500
New Cingular Wireless	environmental violation	2013	EPA	$1,375,000
New Cingular Wireless	environmental violation	2012	EPA	$125,728
New Cingular - AWS	environmental violation	2013	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,375,000
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$28,911
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$547,072
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$63,031
Leap Wireless International Inc.	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$50,132
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE, INC. DBA AT&T ILLINOIS	workplace safety or health violation	2011	OSHA	$10,000
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2012	OSHA	$15,000
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T ILLINOIS	workplace safety or health violation	2007	OSHA	$7,500
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T ILLINOIS	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$7,000
Hughes Electronics Corporation	export control violation	2003	DDTC	$24,000,000
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$25,000
DirecTV, LLC	employment screening violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$125,000
DirecTV, LLC	employment screening violation	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$600,000
DIRECTV, LLC	consumer protection violation	2021	CO-AG	$1,022,000
DirecTV, Inc. et al.	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$1,350,000
DirecTV, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2006	WI-AG	$115,000
DIRECTV, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2015	WHD	$14,147
DirecTV LLC	employment discrimination	2013	private lawsuit-state	$1,178,341
DirecTV LLC	Family and Medical Leave Act	2016	WHD	$12,576
DIRECTV Inc.	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$87,500
DIRECTV Inc.	privacy violation	2006	MO-AG	$50,000
DirecTV Home Services Sacramento	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$50,000
DIRECTV HOME SERVICES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$5,000
DIRECTV HOME SERVICES	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$5,000
DirecTV Customer Services, Inc.	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$21,056
DIRECTV	privacy violation	2009	FTC	$2,310,000
DIRECTV	consumer protection violation	2005	FTC	$5,335,000
DirecTV	wage and hour violation	2015	WHD	$395,000
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$13,250,000
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$5,000,000
DirecTV	environmental violation	2017	CA-AG	$9,500,000
DIRECTV	consumer protection violation	2017	WI-DATC	$292,500
DirecTV	environmental violation	2016	CA-SCAQMD	$17,500
DirecTV	environmental violation	2005	CA-SCAQMD	$10,000
DIRECT TV HOME SERVICES, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$9,000