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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
financial offenses	$269,000,000	2
consumer-protection-related offenses	$99,992,800	34
miscellaneous offenses	$58,623,500	7
employment-related offenses	$39,173,847	23
competition-related offenses	$12,772,843	1

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
accounting fraud or deficiencies	$269,000,000	2
utility administrative violation	$58,348,500	6
consumer protection violation	$45,332,050	13
telecommunications violation	$40,900,000	16
benefit plan administrator violation	$36,200,000	2

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: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount .
Qwest Communications International Inc.	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2004	SEC	$250,000,000
Qwest Communications	benefit plan administrator violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$33,000,000
Qwest Communications	utility administrative violation	2005	MN-PUC	$25,900,000
Qwest Communications	utility administrative violation	2004	AZ-CC	$20,700,000
Qwest/LCI	consumer protection violation	2002	CA-PUC	$20,340,000
Qwest	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2007	AK-AG	$19,000,000
CenturyLink	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$16,000,000
Level 3 Communications, LLC	kickbacks and bribery	2021	USAO	$12,772,843
CenturyLink	consumer protection violation	2020	AZ-AG	$10,900,000
Qwest Corporation	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$9,000,000
U.S. West Communications Inc.	utility service violation	2004	AZ-CC	$9,000,000
Level 3 Communications, LLC	False Claims Act and related	2016	MA-AG	$8,200,000
Qwest Corporation	utility administrative violation	2006	WA-UTC	$7,800,000
Qwest Communications International	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$6,500,000
Lumen Technologies	telecommunications violation	2021	FCC	$3,800,000
Qwest	consumer protection violation	2003	AZ-AG	$3,750,000
Qwest Communications	utility administrative violation	2005	NM-PRC	$3,500,000
Level 3 Communications, Inc.	benefit plan administrator violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$3,200,000
Qwest Corporation	consumer protection violation	2002	WA-UTC	$3,200,000
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC	utility service violation	2016	WA-UTC	$2,854,750
CenturyLink	consumer protection violation	2016	ND-PSC	$2,660,000
US West Communications	utility service violation	2000	AZ-CC	$1,500,000
Qwest Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	WA-AG	$1,300,000
Qwest Communications International, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2001	CT-AG	$1,100,000
Level 3	telecommunications violation	2013	FCC	$1,000,000
Qwest	consumer protection violation	2002	CO-AG	$1,000,000
Qwest Corporation	consumer protection violation	2000	WA-UTC	$1,000,000
Qwest	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$975,000
Qwest Corporation	telecommunications violation	2002	OR-AG	$575,000
Centurylink	telecommunications violation	2019	FCC	$550,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.	telecommunications violation	2000	MN-AG	$500,000
Qwest International	telecommunications violation	2001	NJ-DCA	$500,000
CenturyLink, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2020	FCC	$500,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.	employment discrimination	2006	EEOC	$400,000
Centurylink	telecommunications violation	2019	FCC	$400,000
Qwest Communications	utility administrative violation	2006	MN-PUC	$360,000
Qwest Communications Corp. and LCI International Telecom Corp.	consumer protection violation	2000	KS-AG	$350,000
Qwest Communications International	consumer protection violation	2001	PA-AG	$350,000
CenturyLink Inc.	civil contempt	2021	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$275,000
Qwest Communications Corporation	consumer protection violation	2000	WI-AG	$250,000
Sprint-Florida, Inc. North Area	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$229,000
CenturyLink	utility service violation	2022	WA-UTC	$226,000
Embarq Holdings Company LLC	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$202,314
Qwest Corp.	consumer protection violation	2002	ID-AG	$200,000
Qwest Communications, Inc.	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$188,003
Qwest	utility service violation	2006	CA-PUC	$180,000
Level 3 Communications	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$178,706
Qwest International Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2000	NV-AG	$175,000
CenturyLink	telecommunications violation	2012	FCC	$150,000
United Telephone Company of Florida	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$144,593
Qwest Communications	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$100,000
CenturyLink	utility administrative violation	2017	TX-PUC	$88,500
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$86,847
Qwest Corporation	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$83,400
Qwest Communications	telecommunications violation	2000	OR-AG	$75,000
Lumen Technologies	telecommunications violation	2022	FCC	$75,000
Sprint Florida, Inc. / South Area	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$63,000
Qwest Communications	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$62,500
Qwest Communications	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$60,000
Qwest Corporation, d/b/a CenturyLink QC	labor relations violation	2019	NLRB	$55,000
QWEST	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$49,000
Embarq Corporation	labor relations violation	2012	NLRB	$47,357
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$45,000
Sprint Central Telephone Co. of Virginia, Inc.	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$32,774
CenturyLink	consumer protection violation	2021	PA-PUC	$32,050
QWEST CORPORATION	environmental violation	2010	OR-ENV	$26,608
CENTURYLINK LNP	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$25,407
Qwest Communications Corporation	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$18,000
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC	environmental violation	2001	OR-ENV	$18,000
U S West Communications	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$16,500
CENTURY MARKETING SOLUTIONS	workplace safety or health violation	2014	OSHA	$16,449
QWEST CORP DBA CENTURYLINK QC	workplace safety or health violation	2013	OSHA	$15,120
CENTURYLINK, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2021	OSHA	$13,653
U S West Communications	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$12,500
CENTURY LINK	workplace safety or health violation	2012	OSHA	$12,500
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2020	OSHA	$12,500
Qwest Communications	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$11,200
U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$10,167
CenturyLink Communications, LLC	utility safety violation	2017	ND-PSC	$10,000
QWEST CORPORATION	utility safety violation	2011	OR-PUC	$10,000
CENTURYLINK	workplace safety or health violation	2020	OSHA	$10,000
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS LLC	utility safety violation	2017	OR-PUC	$9,000
CENTURYLINK	workplace safety or health violation	2016	OSHA	$9,000
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2021	OSHA	$8,400
QWEST CORPORATION	environmental violation	2008	OR-ENV	$8,184
CENTURY LINK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC	environmental violation	2016	EPA	$7,879
Savvis Communications Corporation	environmental violation	2011	GA-ENV	$7,500
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$7,500
CenturyLink Communications, LLC	utility safety violation	2020	ND-PSC	$6,000
CenturyLink Communications LLC	utility safety violation	2020	WA-UTC	$6,000
LEVEL 3, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2011	OSHA	$5,880
QWEST CORPORATION	utility safety violation	2010	OR-PUC	$5,800
CenturyLink Communications, LLC	utility safety violation	2018	ND-PSC	$5,000
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS LLC	utility safety violation	2017	OR-PUC	$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QC	utility safety violation	2012	OR-PUC	$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QC	utility safety violation	2012	OR-PUC	$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION	utility safety violation	2011	OR-PUC	$5,000
CenturyLink Communications LLC	utility safety violation	2021	WA-UTC	$5,000
CENTURY LINK	workplace safety or health violation	2015	OSHA	$5,000