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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Comcast
Current Parent Company: Comcast
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $2,300,000
Year: 2016
Date: October 11, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The FCC's Enforcement Bureau announced that Comcast Corporation would pay a $2.3 million fine to resolve an investigation into whether the company wrongfully charged cable TV customers for services and equipment that those customers never authorized.
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: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications; media
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