Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
AT&T Mobility LLC
Current Parent Company:
AT&T
Penalty:
$20,000,000
Year:
2014
Date:
October 8, 2014
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
telecommunications violation
Violation Description:
AT&T Mobility agreed to pay $20 million to resolve multistate litigation alleging that the company billed customers millions of dollars for unauthorized third-party subscriptions and premium text messaging services. This was part of a larger $105 million settlement involving the Federal Communications Commission; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-at-and-t-m...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
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 Notes:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
