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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses	$726,351,449	79
employment-related offenses	$309,194,915	136
environment-related offenses	$96,424,624	29
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	$317,199,139	42
benefit plan administrator violation	$148,675,000	4
wage and hour violation	$140,931,754	43
environmental violation	$96,424,624	29

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
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	utility service violation	2013	TX-PUC	$227,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2013	EEOC	$250,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2016	EEOC	$250,000
AT&T Corp.	consumer protection violation	2005	FL-AG	$250,000
DIRECTV	consumer protection violation	2017	WI-DATC	$292,500
Ameritech Ohio	utility administrative violation	2000	OH-PUC	$295,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2008	WA-UTC	$300,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	FTC	$365,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$370,000
DirecTV	wage and hour violation	2015	WHD	$395,000
Cingular Wireless, LLC.	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$396,782
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	NY-AG	$400,000
AT&T Corp.	employment screening violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$405,510
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2016	FCC	$450,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2021	FCC	$460,000
Cingular Wireless, LLC.	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$462,448
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$490,000
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
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$547,072
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MA-AG	$565,000
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
Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Nevada Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T	labor relations violation	2018	NLRB	$616,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$640,000
AT&T Inc.	telecommunications violation	2012	FCC	$700,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2007	EEOC	$756,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$780,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2005	private lawsuit-state	$950,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2013	MD-AG	$1,000,000
DIRECTV, LLC	consumer protection violation	2021	CO-AG	$1,022,000
AT&T Corp.	consumer protection violation	2005	TX-AG	$1,190,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MN-AG	$1,288,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2009	EEOC	$1,300,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$1,350,000
DirecTV, Inc. et al.	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$1,350,000
New Cingular Wireless	environmental violation	2013	EPA	$1,375,000
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
AT&T Missouri	False Claims Act and related	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$1,400,000
BellSouth Corporation	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$1,400,000
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, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2023	MD-AG	$1,625,000
Cricket Wireless, LLC	consumer protection violation	2023	MD-AG	$1,625,000
Cingular Wireless	consumer protection violation	2004	MULTI-AG	$1,666,666
AT&T Mobility	consumer protection violation	2011	FL-AG	$1,760,000
AT&T	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$1,800,000
AT&T Inc.	civil contempt	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$2,000,000
AT&T Wireless	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$2,000,000
Cricket Communications Inc.	False Claims Act and related	2014	USAO	$2,174,432
AT&T Mobility LLC	utility safety violation	2012	CA-PUC	$2,300,000
DIRECTV	privacy violation	2009	FTC	$2,310,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2001	FCC	$2,520,000
AT&T Mobility	consumer protection violation	2009	NY-AG	$2,630,000
AT&T Services	wage and hour violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$2,750,000
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.	False Claims Act and related	2006	DOJ_CIVIL	$2,900,000
Pacific Bell	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$3,100,000
Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2021	MD-AG	$3,274,973
AT&T	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$3,287,500
AT&T	False Claims Act and related	2013	DOJ_CIVIL	$3,500,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$3,600,000
AT&T	utility administrative violation	2020	CA-PUC	$3,750,000
Ameritech	utility administrative violation	2000	MI-PSC	$3,750,000
Cingular Wireless, LLC	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$4,711,767
The DirecTV Group and Hughes Network Systems Corporation, Inc.	export control violation	2005	DDTC	$5,000,000
AT&T Mobility	wage and hour violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$5,000,000
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$5,000,000
Southwestern Bell	employment discrimination	2012	private lawsuit-state	$5,120,000
AT&T Mobility	telecommunications violation	2018	FCC	$5,250,000
DIRECTV	consumer protection violation	2005	FTC	$5,335,000
AT&T Inc.	consumer protection violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$5,500,000
AT&T	environmental violation	2022	CA-MULTI	$5,900,000
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
AT&T	investor protection violation	2022	SEC	$6,250,000
AT&T Services Inc.	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$6,900,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2008	IL-AG	$7,000,000
BellSouth	utility service violation	2001	GA-PSC	$7,000,000
AT&T Services	telecommunications violation	2016	FCC	$7,750,000
AT&T Mobility	wage and hour violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$8,000,000
BellSouth Telecommunications	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$8,129,675
SBC Ameritech Ohio	utility service violation	2002	OH-PUC	$8,200,000
AT&T Technical Services Corp.	False Claims Act and related	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$8,266,414
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$9,400,000
DirecTV	environmental violation	2017	CA-AG	$9,500,000
SBC Communications	benefit plan administrator violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$10,000,000
Ameritech	utility service violation	2000	WI-PSC	$10,000,000
AT&T Services	wage and hour violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$11,200,000
AT&T Mobility LLC	consumer protection violation	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$12,000,000
Cingular Wireless	consumer protection violation	2004	CA-PUC	$12,140,000
AT&T Operations	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$12,500,000
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$13,250,000
AT&T Mobility LLC	consumer protection violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$14,000,000
SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$16,000,000
DirecTV LLC	privacy violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$16,850,000
AT&T Services	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$17,000,000
DirecTV	privacy violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$17,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLC	consumer protection violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$18,000,000