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Company: Sprint PCS
Current Parent Company: T-Mobile US
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Penalty: $1,666,666
Year: 2004
Date: July 21, 2004
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and Sprint PCS agreed to pay a total of $5 million to settle multistate litigation alleging misleading advertisements and unclear disclosures relating to service agreement terms and wireless coverage areas. The announcement did not specify how much each company would pay. Here we assume the total was divided equally among them.
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: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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