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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses	$1,279,033,642	74
financial offenses	$927,017,909	5
employment-related offenses	$223,204,149	74
government-contracting-related offenses	$140,786,727	6
environment-related offenses	$3,399,063	33

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
telecommunications violation	$962,927,926	30
accounting fraud or deficiencies	$511,700,000	2
tax violations	$415,317,909	3
consumer protection violation	$311,605,716	30
False Claims Act and related	$140,786,727	6

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
AirTouch Cellular	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-AG	$999,000
AirTouch Cellular	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-LACA	$999,000
Alltel	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$23,000
Alltel	consumer protection violation	2006	WV-AG	$90,000
ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$6,250
Alltel Communications Inc.	employment discrimination	2007	OFCCP	$275,000
ALLTEL Corporation	civil contempt	2007	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$1,325,000
ALLTEL Corporation	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$1,058,000
ALLTEL CORPORATION	environmental violation	2003	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,058,000
Bell Atlantic	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$85,859
Bell Atlantic	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$45,692
BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIES	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$16,069
Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, Inc.	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$256,000
Bell Atlantic of Maryland, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$150,000
Bell Atlantic, Virginia	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$16,000
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$20,000
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-state	$1,479,320
Bell Atlantic-New York	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$27,000,000
Cellco Partnership	Family and Medical Leave Act	2013	WHD	$37,500
Cellco Partnership	Family and Medical Leave Act	2011	WHD	$5,450
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$7,589
Cellco Partnership d/b/a	wage and hour violation	2008	WHD	$123,807
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless	labor relations violation	2023	NLRB	$14,962
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless	environmental violation	2006	EPA	$11,034
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless	environmental violation	2009	EPA	$468,600
Cellco Partnership LLP d/b/a Verizon Wireless	utility safety violation	2012	CA-PUC	$2,300,000
Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$23,500
Cello Partnership	wage and hour violation	2003	WHD	$20,687
MCI	tax violations	2005	MULTI-AG	$315,000,000
MCI	tax violations	2005	MS-AG	$100,000,000
MCI	consumer protection violation	2006	CA-PUC	$3,300,000
MCI	workplace safety or health violation	2016	OSHA	$6,000
MCI Communication Services	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$3,450,000
MCI Inc.	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$40,000
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INC	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	EBSA	$10,001
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INC	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	EBSA	$50,001
MCI Worldcom	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$3,500,000
MCI Worldcom	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$100,000
MCI Worldcom	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2002	CA-AG	$8,500,000
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2003	OR-AG	$60,000
MCI Worldcom Inc.	consumer protection violation	2002	MO-AG	$250,000
MCI WorldCom, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2003	UT-PSC	$30,000
MCI WORLDCOM, INC.	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$625,000
Straight Path Communications Inc.	telecommunications violation	2017	FCC	$15,000,000
TracFone	consumer protection violation	2015	FTC	$40,000,000
TracFone	telecommunications violation	2023	FCC	$23,500,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.	telecommunications violation	2013	FCC	$4,573,376
TracFone Wireless Inc.	privacy violation	2007	MO-AG	$50,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.	False Claims Act and related	2022	DOJ_CIVIL	$13,400,000
TracFone Wireless, Inc	telecommunications violation	2020	FCC	$6,013,000
TracFone Wireless, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2015	CA-PUC	$10,000,000
Verizon	consumer protection violation	2015	CFPB	$70,000,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$3,400,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$5,000,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2014	FCC	$7,400,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$300,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$283,800
Verizon	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$17,920
Verizon	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$12,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$5,760
Verizon	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$5,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$92,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$75,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$30,000
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2008	private lawsuit-state	$5,550,000
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2015	private lawsuit-state	$15,000,000
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$7,721,000
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$887,500
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$750,000
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-state	$5,000,000
Verizon	consumer protection violation	2014	MD-AG	$1,700,000
VERIZON	environmental violation	2001	MA-ENV	$157,500
VERIZON	environmental violation	2000	MA-ENV	$22,500
Verizon	consumer protection violation	2004	CA-PUC	$4,836,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2013	ME-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2012	ME-PUC	$5,500
Verizon	utility service violation	2016	TX-PUC	$100,000
VERIZON	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$10,000
VERIZON	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$8,000
VERIZON	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
VERIZON	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$8,000
Verizon	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$6,000
Verizon	utility service violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,500
Verizon	environmental violation	2022	NY-AG	$118,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$6,500
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$9,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$6,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$8,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$6,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility service violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$12,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$7,500
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$7,500
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$7,500
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000