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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:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.

Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Verizon California, Inc.	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$11,588
Verizon Teleproducts	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$20,000
Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2008	NLRB	$6,782
Verizon	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$12,000
Verizon-New York, Inc.	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$60,000
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
Verizon	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$5,000
Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$23,500
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	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.	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$20,000
Bell Atlantic	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$45,692
Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, Inc.	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$256,000
Bell Atlantic, Virginia	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$16,000
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless	labor relations violation	2023	NLRB	$14,962
MCI Inc.	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$40,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.	privacy violation	2007	MO-AG	$50,000
Verizon Wireless	privacy violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$4,000,000
MCI	tax violations	2005	MULTI-AG	$315,000,000
MCI	tax violations	2005	MS-AG	$100,000,000
Verizon Service Corp. and Verizon New England	tax violations	2012	MA-AG	$317,909
Straight Path Communications Inc.	telecommunications violation	2017	FCC	$15,000,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2016	FCC	$1,350,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2015	FCC	$90,000,000
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 Wireless	telecommunications violation	2014	FCC	$50,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.	telecommunications violation	2013	FCC	$4,573,376
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2012	FCC	$1,250,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2010	FCC	$77,800,000
Verizon	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$300,000
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
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
Verizon Communications	telecommunications violation	2017	FCC	$17,680,000
Verizon Communications	telecommunications violation	2018	FCC	$614,300,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2002	CA-AG	$8,500,000
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.	telecommunications violation	2003	OR-AG	$60,000
Verizon Communications Inc.	telecommunications violation	2005	NY-AG	$75,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2015	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $16,000,000
Verizon Communications	telecommunications violation	2020	FCC	$48,318,750
TracFone Wireless, Inc	telecommunications violation	2020	FCC	$6,013,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2021	FCC	$274,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2022	FCC	$100,000
Verizon Wireless	telecommunications violation	2022	FCC	$950,000
TracFone	telecommunications violation	2023	FCC	$23,500,000
Verizon Southwest	utility administrative violation	2019	TX-PUC	$50,000
Cellco Partnership LLP d/b/a Verizon Wireless	utility safety violation	2012	CA-PUC	$2,300,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2013	ME-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2012	ME-PUC	$5,500
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	utility safety violation	2010	OR-PUC	$10,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	utility safety violation	2007	OR-PUC	$12,500
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	utility safety violation	2006	OR-PUC	$5,800
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon PA	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 PA	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2022	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon PA LLC	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$15,000
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
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$7,500
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$15,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$25,000
VERIZON PA LLC	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$5,000
Verizon	utility safety violation	2023	PA-PUC	$20,000