Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
AT&T
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol T)
Headquartered in:
Texas
Major Industry:
telecommunications
Specific Industry:
telecommunications
Penalty total since 2000:
$1,522,435,732
Number of records:
292
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $541,269,449 | 60 |
| employment-related offenses | $497,854,690 | 143 |
| financial offenses | $348,007,500 | 4 |
| environment-related offenses | $90,295,363 | 20 |
| competition-related offenses | $24,150,000 | 2 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $348,000,000 | 3 |
| telecommunications violation | $347,120,310 | 28 |
| benefit plan administrator violation | $257,075,000 | 7 |
| consumer protection violation | $191,629,139 | 28 |
| wage and hour violation | $143,421,492 | 43 |
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.
Links:
For more details on misconduct by this company, see its entry in the Project On Government Oversight's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.
For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency |
Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Warner Inc. | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2005 | SEC | $300,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | telecommunications violation | 2014 | FCC | $105,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $100,000,000 |
| AOL Time Warner | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $100,000,000 |
| Bellsouth Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $93,675,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | consumer protection violation | 2014 | FTC | $80,000,000 |
| CNN | labor relations violation | 2020 | NLRB | $76,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility, LLC | consumer protection violation | 2019 | FTC | $60,000,000 |
| AT&T Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2020 | FCC | $57,265,625 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-AG | $51,800,000 |
| Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| AT&T Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
| AT&T Services Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $25,000,000 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $25,000,000 |
| Time Warner | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2006 | AK-AG | $25,000,000 |
| Hughes Electronics Corporation | export control violation | 2003 | DDTC | $24,000,000 |
| Time Warner Inc. et al. | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2006 | PA-AG | $23,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | telecommunications violation | 2014 | MULTI-AG | (*) $20,000,000 |
| AT&T | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,920,325 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2013 | FCC | $18,250,000 |
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| DirecTV | consumer protection violation | 2010 | MULTI-AG | $13,250,000 |
| AT&T Operations | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,200,000 |
| SBC Communications | benefit plan administrator violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| DirecTV | environmental violation | 2017 | CA-AG | $9,500,000 |
| AT&T Technical Services Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $8,266,414 |
| BellSouth Telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,129,675 |
| AT&T Mobility | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,000,000 |
| AT&T Services | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $7,750,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2008 | IL-AG | $7,000,000 |
| AT&T Services Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $6,900,000 |
| SBC Communications | telecommunications violation | 2002 | FCC | $6,000,000 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $6,000,000 |
| South Central Bell | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Time Warner Inc. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2000 | EBSA | $5,500,000 |
| DIRECTV | consumer protection violation | 2005 | FTC | $5,335,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | telecommunications violation | 2018 | FCC | $5,250,000 |
| Southwestern Bell | employment discrimination | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $5,120,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| DirecTV | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $5,000,000 |
| Cingular Wireless, LLC | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $4,711,767 |
| SBC Communications | telecommunications violation | 2002 | FCC | $3,600,000 |
| AT&T | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,500,000 |
| AT&T | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,287,500 |
| Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2021 | MD-AG | $3,274,973 |
| Pacific Bell | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,100,000 |
| AT&T Communications- East, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,900,000 |
| AOL Time Warner | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,900,000 |
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,750,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | consumer protection violation | 2009 | NY-AG | $2,630,000 |
| SBC Communications | telecommunications violation | 2001 | FCC | $2,520,000 |
| DIRECTV | privacy violation | 2009 | FTC | $2,310,000 |
| Cricket Communications Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2014 | USAO | $2,174,432 |
| AT&T Inc. | civil contempt | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,000,000 |
| AT&T Wireless | telecommunications violation | 2002 | FCC | $2,000,000 |
| Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Interference, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2007 | MA-AG | $2,000,000 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $1,800,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | consumer protection violation | 2011 | FL-AG | $1,760,000 |
| Cingular Wireless | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $1,666,666 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,632,883 |
| Pacific Bell | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC | consumer protection violation | 2021 | DC-AG | $1,500,000 |
| AT&T Missouri | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,400,000 |
| BellSouth Corporation | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $1,400,000 |
| New Cingular Wireless | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,375,000 |
| New Cingular - AWS | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*) $1,375,000 |
| SBC Communications | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $1,350,000 |
| DirecTV, Inc. et al. | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,350,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $1,300,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MN-AG | $1,288,000 |
| AT&T Corp. | consumer protection violation | 2005 | TX-AG | $1,190,000 |
| DirecTV LLC | employment discrimination | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $1,178,341 |
| DIRECTV, LLC | consumer protection violation | 2021 | CO-AG | $1,022,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2013 | MD-AG | $1,000,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $995,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $950,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $780,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2007 | EEOC | $756,000 |
| AT&T Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2012 | FCC | $700,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $640,000 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Nevada Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T | labor relations violation | 2018 | NLRB | $616,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | telecommunications violation | 2013 | FCC | $600,000 |
| DirecTV, LLC | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $600,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2005 | PA-AG | $600,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MA-AG | $565,000 |
| Leap Wireless International, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $547,072 |
| Pacific Bell | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $502,437 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2002 | MULTI-AG | $500,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2004 | NC-AG | $500,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | consumer protection violation | 2007 | CA-AG | $500,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2004 | FCC | $490,000 |
| Cingular Wireless, LLC. | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $462,448 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $450,000 |
| AT&T Corp. | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $405,510 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $400,000 |
| Cingular Wireless, LLC. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $396,782 |
| DirecTV | wage and hour violation | 2015 | WHD | $395,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $370,000 |
| AT&T | consumer protection violation | 2004 | FTC | $365,000 |
