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Company: Bell Atlantic-New York
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
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Penalty: $27,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: March 9, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission entered into a Consent Decree with Bell Atlantic-New York in connection with Bell Atlantic's loss or mishandling of orders electronically submitted to the company by Bell Atlantic's local service competitors. Bell Atlantic agreed to make a voluntary payment to the United States Treasury of $3 million, with additional liability of up to $24 million.
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: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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