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Company: Qwest Corporation
Current Parent Company: Lumen Technologies
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: April 13, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Commission fined USLD Communications, a subsidiary of Denver-based Qwest Communications, $1 million for overcharging consumers making operator-assisted calls from pay phones.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Louisiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Source of Data: Utility fined $1 million for pay-phone overcharging, Seattle Times, April 13, 2000 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.