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Company: Sprint Nextel
Current Parent Company: T-Mobile US
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Penalty: $295,000
Year: 2006
Date: April 18, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Sprint Nextel Corp. agreed to pay New York City $295,000 to settle a lawsuit in which the Department of Consumer Affairs accused the cellular telephone provider of misleading consumers with deceptive advertisements.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: New York
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
Source of Data: Sprint Nextel pays $295,000 to settle NYC suit for deceptive ads, Associated Press, April 18, 2006 (via Nexis).
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