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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Frontier Communications
Current Parent Company: Frontier Communications
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $160,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: December 10, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The West Virginia Attorney General announced an estimated $160 million settlement with Frontier Communications to resolve complaints involving Internet speeds provided to consumers. Most of the total would go toward capital expenditures.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: West Virginia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: West Virginia
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Connecticut
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Source of Data: Attorney General Morrisey Reaches $160M Settlement with Frontier Communications, Targeted News Service, December 10, 2015 (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.