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Company: Comcast
Current Parent Company: Comcast
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $700,000
Year: 2018
Date: November 13, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Comcast agreed to pay $700,000 in refunds and cancelled debts in settlement of allegations it used deceptive advertisements to promote long-term cable contracts, failed to disclose actual monthly price and terms and failed to disclose that certain fees could increase at any point.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications; media
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.