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Company: Lucent Technologies Inc.
Current Parent Company: Nokia
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Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: May 17, 2004
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Mega-Scandal: Early 2000s Accounting Scandals
Violation Description: Lucent Technologies Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations of securities fraud in connection with the improper recognition of approximately $1.148 billion of revenue and $470 million in pre-tax income during its fiscal year 2000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Finland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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