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Company: United States Cellular Corp.
Current Parent Company: Telephone & Data Systems Inc.
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2002
Date: May 9, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: U.S. Cellular agreed to pay $400,000 in settlement of allegations it violated Iowa's consumer protection and consumer credit laws throughy misleading pricing and unreasonable fees for ending a contract.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Iowa Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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