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Toronto Company Receives Record $15 Million Fine Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR696.htm Publisher:  Competition Bureau Date Written:  18/12/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The Competition Bureau announced today that the Ontario Superior Court has imposed a record $15 million fine against DataCom Marketing Inc. for operating a business directory scam targeting Canadian and U.S. businesses. Abstract:  OTTAWA, December 18, 2009 — The Competition Bureau announced today that the Ontario Superior Court has imposed a record $15 million fine against DataCom Marketing Inc. for operating a business directory scam targeting Canadian and U.S. businesses. Toronto-based DataCom contacted thousands of small and medium-sized businesses between 1994 and 2005, tricking businesses into believing that they had already ordered a business directory listing and using deceptive scripts and aggressive collection... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR696.htm Topics Fraud Frauds & Scams Scams Telemarketing

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