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:
$1,516,310,392
Number of records:
277
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $535,472,476 | 57 |
| employment-related offenses | $497,681,690 | 142 |
| financial offenses | $348,007,500 | 4 |
| environment-related offenses | $90,235,463 | 23 |
| 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 | $188,142,166 | 26 |
| 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.
Associated Names:
180 CONNECT; AOL Time Warner; AT AND B WIRELESS; AT AND T; AT AND T / ALS; AT AND T / SBC; AT AND T BROADBAND; AT AND T BROADBAND AND INTERNET SVC; AT AND T BROADBAND D / B / A TCI CABLEVISION OF TEXAS; AT AND T BROADBAND MORRIS IL; AT AND T COMMUNICATIONS; AT AND T COMMUNICATIONS EAST; AT AND T MISSOURI; AT AND T NETWORK SVC; AT AND T OPERATIONS; AT AND T SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE; AT AND T TECHNICAL SVC; AT AND T WIRELESS; AT&T WEB HOSTING & COMM OPERATIONS; BELL SOUTN COMMUNICATIONS; BELLSO [...]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,750,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $995,000 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $6,000,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,632,883 |
| AT&T | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,287,500 |
| AT&T | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,920,325 |
| Pacific Bell | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,100,000 |
| BellSouth Telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,129,675 |
| AT&T Operations | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Pacific Bell | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| AT&T Services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,200,000 |
| Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment | employment discrimination | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $244,500 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $370,000 |
| Pacific Bell | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $502,437 |
| South Central Bell | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Southwestern Bell | employment discrimination | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $5,120,000 |
| DirecTV LLC | employment discrimination | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $1,178,341 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $950,000 |
| SBC Communications | benefit plan administrator violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| AT&T Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
| SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Bellsouth Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $93,675,000 |
| AOL Time Warner | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $100,000,000 |
| AOL Time Warner | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,900,000 |
| AT&T Corp. | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $405,510 |
| DirecTV, LLC | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $125,000 |
| DirecTV, LLC | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $600,000 |
| DirecTV, Inc. et al. | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,350,000 |
| Time Warner | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2006 | AK-AG | $25,000,000 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-AG | $51,800,000 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $25,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | consumer protection violation | 2007 | CA-AG | $500,000 |
| DirecTV | environmental violation | 2017 | CA-AG | $9,500,000 |
| Cricket Wireless | wage and hour violation | 2012 | CA-LCO | $8,047 |
| Cricket Wireless | wage and hour violation | 2011 | CA-LCO | $6,000 |
| Cricket Wireless | wage and hour violation | 2011 | CA-LCO | $8,500 |
| Cricket Wireless | wage and hour violation | 2011 | CA-LCO | $6,000 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Co. | environmental violation | 2011 | CA-SCCDA | $40,490 |
| Hughes Electronics Corporation | export control violation | 2003 | DDTC | $24,000,000 |
| AT&T | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,500,000 |
| AT&T Missouri | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,400,000 |
| AT&T Technical Services Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $8,266,414 |
| AT&T Inc. | civil contempt | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,000,000 |
| AT&T Communications- East, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,900,000 |
| Time Warner Inc. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2000 | EBSA | $5,500,000 |
| AT&T Services, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2010 | EEOC | $60,000 |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | employment discrimination | 2012 | EEOC | $120,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2013 | EEOC | $250,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2016 | EEOC | $250,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $75,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2007 | EEOC | $756,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $1,300,000 |
| AT&T Corp. | employment discrimination | 2000 | EEOC | $50,000 |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Company | employment discrimination | 2018 | EEOC | $15,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2003 | EEOC | $75,000 |
| New Cingular Wireless | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,375,000 |
| New Cingular Wireless | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $125,728 |
| AT&T | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $1,800,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNI LENOX PARK BLDG | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $15,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS-BAPCO | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $15,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMM LINDBERGH CENTER | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $15,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMM MIDTOWN ONE | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $6,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMM MIDTOWN TWO | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $15,000 |
| BELLSOUTH TELECOMM MIDTOWN TWO | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $6,000 |
| AT&T MOBILITY | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $45,580 |
| AT&T WEB HOSTING & COMM OPERATIONS | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $18,500 |
| A T & T | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $5,000 |
| AT&T CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $50,000 |
| AT & T CORP | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $195,000 |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $57,255 |
| AT&T BROADBAND LLC | environmental violation | 2001 | EPA | $60,441 |
| AT&T CORP. | environmental violation | 2001 | EPA | $90,469 |
| Cingular Wireless, LLC | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | (*) $125,728 |
| New Cingular - AWS | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*) $1,375,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $450,000 |
| AT&T Services | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $7,750,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $170,185 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $100,000,000 |
| AT&T Services Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $6,900,000 |
| AT&T Services Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $25,000,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2015 | FCC | $640,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | telecommunications violation | 2014 | FCC | $105,000,000 |
| Turner Broadcasting | telecommunications violation | 2014 | FCC | $200,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment | telecommunications violation | 2013 | FCC | $25,000 |
| AT&T Mobility | telecommunications violation | 2013 | FCC | $600,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2013 | FCC | $18,250,000 |
| AT&T Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2012 | FCC | $700,000 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2004 | FCC | $490,000 |
| DIRECTV Inc. | telecommunications violation | 2004 | FCC | $87,500 |
| AT&T | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $780,000 |
| SBC Communications | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $1,350,000 |
| BellSouth Corporation | telecommunications violation | 2003 | FCC | $1,400,000 |
| AT&T Wireless | telecommunications violation | 2002 | FCC | $117,000 |
| AT&T Wireless | telecommunications violation | 2002 | FCC | $2,000,000 |
| 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 |
