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Company: Verizon Select Services Inc. and Snyder Communications
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $3,100,000
Year: 2001
Date: April 25, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Verizon and affiliates agreed to pay $3.1 million in settlement of allegations that it engaged in unauthorized long-distance provider switching, known commonly as slamming.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Florida Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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