FCC Enforcement Actions

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Tone Communication Services LLC

Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture

Date:
2024-01-23

File/Case/Docket Number:
EB-FD-22-00034228

Proposed Forfeiture amount:
$14,021,293

Category:
Emergency Broadband Benefit

Violation type:
Business practices

FCC Bureau/Division involved:
Enforcement Bureau-Fraud Division

FCC Document Number:
FCC-24-14

View FCC Document

Rule/Law sections violated

  • 47USC§1752
  • § 1.17 -
  • § 54.1805 - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Household qualifications for Affordable Connectivity Program.
  • § 54.1806 - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Household eligibility determinations and annual recertification.
  • § 54.1806(b) - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Household eligibility determinations and annual recertification.
  • § 54.1808(e)(3) - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Reimbursement for providing monthly affordable connectivity benefit.
  • § 54.1810(b)(2) - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Consumer protection requirements.
  • § 54.1810(i) - Universal Service / Affordable Connectivity Program / Consumer protection requirements.
  • 18USC§1343

FCC Registration Number(s)

Amounts shown in NALs may not include forfeitures that were reduced upon a showing and reflected in a subsequent Forfeiture Order (FO). Forfeitures reduced or cancelled through a method other than a Forfeiture Order may not always reflect in the database.

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