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Company: DirecTV
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $13,250,000
Year: 2010
Date: December 15, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: To settle multistate litigation, DirecTV agreed to pay $13.25 million plus restitution for customers who were subjected to the satellite TV company's allegedly misleading sales and marketing practices.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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
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