CITY FILES CHARGES AGAINST TELEMARKETING COMPANIES.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Daily News Staff Writer An investigation by a multiagency task force culminated Wednesday with criminal charges being filed against 24 people in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Orange counties for allegedly operating telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. businesses without proper state licenses. One of those companies, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. Sports Gaming of Sherman Oaks, is the target of a federal civil probe. The defendants are accused of violating the California Telephonic Sellers Act by not registering with the California Department of Justice and failing to maintain a $100,000 bond. The maximum penalty is six months in jail and a $2,500 fine. ``It's significant when you fail to maintain a $100,000 bond. These are high-grade misdemeanors,'' said Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Don Kass. The charges - stemming from what prosecutors dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. ``Operation Cold Call'' - were filed by the City Attorney's Office. Several involve San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area companies or individuals. They include Robert Duvall Matias Jr., 35, and Dianna Duvall Matias, 30, both of Mission Hills, and Alan Lenchner, 62, of Granada Hills, all of whom operate Internet Casino Sports Gaming. Each is charged with two counts of failing to register the business and failing to maintain a $100,000 bond. An employee at the company declined Wednesday to answer questions about the charges. Facing eight charges each are Dandal Aubrey Dampier, 51, of Westchester and Valda Kathleen Ray, 50, of North Hollywood, operators of Media Capital Consultants. |
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