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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AT&T Corp.
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $250,000
Year: 2005
Date: January 18, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: AT&T agreed to pay $250,000 in costs and provide 8,000 prepaid phone cards for military personnel overseas in settlement of allegations of violations of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Florida Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: The settlement also noted that AT&T refunded $1,071,002 to Florida consumers affected by the improper charges.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.