Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Lumen Technologies
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol LUMN)
Headquartered in:
Louisiana
Major Industry:
telecommunications
Specific Industry:
telecommunications
Penalty total since 2000:
$487,911,984
Number of records:
97
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| financial offenses | $269,000,000 | 2 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $99,766,800 | 33 |
| 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:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
