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Company: Sprint Nextel Corporation
Current Parent Company: T-Mobile US
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Penalty: $19,000,000
Year: 2012
Date: December 12, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: Sprint agreed to pay $19 million to settle litigation alleging it improperly charged customers with unlimited messaging plans for sending picture messages.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of New Jersey
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:10-cv-01190
Case Name: Eoff v. Sprint Nextel Corporation et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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
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