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Company: Total Call Mobile LLC
Current Parent Company: KDDI
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Penalty: $30,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: December 22, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement announced a $30 million settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit against Total Call Mobile LLC for defrauding the Lifeline Program, a federal government subsidy program that offers discounted mobile phone services to eligible low-income consumers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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