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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
Verizon Long Distance	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$250,000
MCI Worldcom	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$3,500,000
Bell Atlantic-New York	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$27,000,000
MCI Worldcom	telecommunications violation	2000	FCC	$100,000
Bell Atlantic, Virginia	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$16,000
VERIZON	environmental violation	2000	MA-ENV	$22,500
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INC	consumer protection violation	2000	PA-PUC	$16,000
MCI WORLDCOM, INC.	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$625,000
BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIES	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$16,069
WESTERN WIRELESS CORP	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$10,734
Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, Inc.	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$256,000
AirTouch Cellular	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-AG	$999,000
Verizon Select Services Inc. and Snyder Communications	consumer protection violation	2001	FL-AG	$3,100,000
AirTouch Cellular	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-LACA	$999,000
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC	environmental violation	2001	MA-ENV	$62,500
VERIZON	environmental violation	2001	MA-ENV	$157,500
WorldCom Inc.	consumer protection violation	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$88,000,000
VERIZON INC	workplace safety or health violation	2001	OSHA	$5,000
WORLDCOM, INC.	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$143,520
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$7,589
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$20,000
Bell Atlantic	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$45,692
MCI Worldcom	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2002	CA-AG	$8,500,000
MCI Worldcom Inc.	consumer protection violation	2002	MO-AG	$250,000
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INC	consumer protection violation	2002	PA-PUC	$199,000
VERIZON DIRECTORY	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$6,720
VERIZON	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$25,000
VERIZON OF NEW JERSEY INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$5,300
ALLTEL Corporation	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$1,058,000
WorldCom Inc.	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2003	SEC	$500,000,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$283,800
Western Wireless	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$200,000
Verizon Telephone Companies	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$5,700,000
Cello Partnership	wage and hour violation	2003	WHD	$20,687
Verizon Communications, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2003	WHD	$137,870
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$92,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$75,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$30,000
Bell Atlantic of Maryland, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$150,000
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-state	$1,479,320
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2003	OR-AG	$60,000
MCI WorldCom, Inc.	consumer protection violation	2003	UT-PSC	$30,000
VERIZON	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$18,315
VERIZON PA INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$14,000
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
WorldCom, Inc.	False Claims Act and related	2004	DOJ_CIVIL	$27,670,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$300,000
Verizon New Jersey Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$7,256
Verizon New Jersey Inc and Verizon Services Corp.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$25,000,000
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$170,000
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$8,000
Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$100,000
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$200,000
Verizon Select Services, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$20,000
Verizon, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$8,938
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$7,800
Verizon Wireless	consumer protection violation	2004	MULTI-AG	$1,666,666
Verizon	consumer protection violation	2004	CA-PUC	$4,836,000
Verizon	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$5,000
Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$23,500
Worldcom, Inc.	benefit plan administrator violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$47,150,000
MCI	tax violations	2005	MULTI-AG	$315,000,000
MCI	tax violations	2005	MS-AG	$100,000,000
MCI Inc.	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$40,000
Verizon Communications Inc.	telecommunications violation	2005	NY-AG	$75,000
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INC	consumer protection violation	2005	PA-PUC	$50,000
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INC	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	EBSA	$50,001
WORLDCOM INTERNATIONAL DATA SERVICES, INC.	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	EBSA	$50,001
Verizon Communications, Inc.	employment discrimination	2006	EEOC	$48,900,000
Verizon Communications, Inc.	Family and Medical Leave Act	2006	WHD	$5,897
Verizon	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$5,760
Verizon Phone Company	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$53,000
Verizon Communications, Inc.	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$6,078
Alltel	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$23,000
Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$7,000
Alltel	consumer protection violation	2006	WV-AG	$90,000
MCI	consumer protection violation	2006	CA-PUC	$3,300,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	utility safety violation	2006	OR-PUC	$5,800
VERIZON	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$10,000
ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$6,250
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless	environmental violation	2006	EPA	$11,034
ALLTEL Corporation	civil contempt	2007	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$1,325,000
Verizon Florida, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$71,941
Verizon	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$12,000
Verizon-New York, Inc.	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$60,000
Alltel Communications Inc.	employment discrimination	2007	OFCCP	$275,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.	privacy violation	2007	MO-AG	$50,000
Verizon Wireless	consumer protection violation	2007	NY-AG	$1,150,000
Verizon Business	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2007	OK-AG	$11,700,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	utility safety violation	2007	OR-PUC	$12,500
Verizon New York, Inc.	employment discrimination	2007	NY-DHR	$24,356
Cellco Partnership d/b/a	wage and hour violation	2008	WHD	$123,807
Verizon Communications, Inc.	Family and Medical Leave Act	2008	WHD	$27,362
Verizon Teleproducts	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$20,000
Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$6,782
Verizon	wage and hour violation	2008	private lawsuit-state	$5,550,000
Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2008	NY-AG	$375,000
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC	environmental violation	2008	NJ-ENV	$10,500
VERIZON NJ NEW BRUNSWICK CO #24220	environmental violation	2008	NJ-ENV	$5,500
Verizon North Inc.	utility service violation	2008	OH-PUC	$250,000