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Company: T-Mobile
Current Parent Company: T-Mobile US
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Penalty: $90,000,000
Year: 2014
Date: December 19, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: T-Mobile agreed to fully refund its customers for unwanted third-party charges it placed on their phone bills, a practice known as mobile cramming, paying at least $90 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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