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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.
Current Parent Company: 
AT&T
Penalty: 
$2,900,000
Year: 
2006
Date: 
June 27, 2006
Offense Group: 
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: 
False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: 
fraud
Violation Description: 

AT&T Communications- East, Inc., a subsidiary of AT&T Corp., agreed to pay the United States $2.9 million to settle claims that it defrauded the General Services Administration (GSA) from 1998 to 2001.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: 
civil
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Texas
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
telecommunications
Specific Industry of Parent: 
telecommunications
Source of Data: 

https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/June/06_civ_397.html (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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