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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: America's Tele-Network
Penalty: $516,000
Year: 2001
Date: August 17, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Iowa Utilities Board has ordered a Georgia telecommunications company to stop doing business in Iowa and to pay a $516,000 civil penalty for slamming, or making unauthorized changes in consumers' long-distance telephone service providers, and for failing to respond to complaints about the practice.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Iowa Utilities Board
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
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