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Company: Verizon Communications Inc.
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
Penalty: $7,500,000
Year: 2013
Date: October 30, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Verizon agreed to pay $7.5 million in legal costs plus customer refunds of unspecified total value to settle litigation concerning unauthorized third-party charges on customer landline phone bills.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:09-cv-01823
Case Name: Moore et al v. Verizon Communications, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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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