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Company: Qwest Communications International, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Lumen Technologies
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Penalty: $1,100,000
Year: 2001
Date: August 29, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Secondary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Qwest agreed to pay $1.1 million in settlement of allegations it switched customers' telephone service carriers without authorization, billed for services not provided, and billed former customers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Connecticut Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Connecticut
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Louisiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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