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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Verizon Wireless
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
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Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2009
Date: June 24, 2009
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
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
Source of Data: McCollum Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with Verizon Wireless over 'Free' Ringtones, Targeted News Service, June 24, 2009 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.