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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AT&T
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $600,000
Year: 2005
Date: December 14, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: AT&T agreed to pay about $550,000 in refunds and $50,000 to the state to resolve claims that Pennsylvanians were billed for long-distance service plans even though they were not AT&T customers or were not signed up for a long-distance plan subject to the monthly charge.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Pennsylvania Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Pennsylvania
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
Source of Data: Pennsylvania Consumers Receive Nearly $550,000 in Refunds from AT&T, US States News, December 14, 2005 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.