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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AT&T Services Inc.
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $6,900,000
Year: 2015
Date: April 29, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: To resolve an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau, AT&T and its former subsidiary Southern New England Telephone (SNET) agreed to pay a toltal of $10.9 million in penalties for overbilling the FCC's Lifeline program, a program which helps ensure low income consumers have access to a phone line.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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