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Company: TracFone
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
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Penalty: $23,500,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 29, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The FCC's Enforcement Bureau reached a settlement with TracFone Wireless (a Verizon subsidiary) to resolve an investigation into whether it violated the Commission's rules for its Lifeline and/or Emergency Broadband Benefit programs. Following its acquisition by Verizon, TracFone self-identified and reported to the Commission and the Universal Service Administrative Company certain instances in which it may have violated the Lifeline and/or EBB rules. TracFone agreed to compliance measures and a $17,487,000 civil penalty in addition to $6,013,000 to resolve a 2020 Notice of Apparent Liability for other apparent Lifeline violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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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