Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
AT&T Services Inc.
Current Parent Company:
AT&T
Penalty:
$6,900,000
Year:
2015
Date:
April 29, 2015
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
telecommunications violation
Violation Description:
To resolve an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau, AT&T and its former subsidiary Southern New England Telephone (SNET) agreed to pay a toltal of $10.9 million in penalties for overbilling the FCC's Lifeline program, a program which helps ensure low income consumers have access to a phone line.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Federal Communications Commission
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:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
