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Birmingham company pays fine for violating Mississippi’s ‘no-call law’ against unauthorized phone solitations

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — American Helping Hands Inc. has paid a $5,000 fine for violations of Mississippi’s No Call Law. Northern District Public Service Commission Brandon Presley says in a news release that the money […]

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PSC issues $420,000 fine for telemarketing

Mississippi regulators have ordered a company named Tailbone Security to pay $420,000 for violating the state’s ban on unwanted telemarketing.

Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday, June 4 to impose the penalty against Tailbone, which is based in Boynton Beach, Fla.

It’s the latest in a series of large fines that the Public Service Commission has issued for companies that violate the state’s prohibition on calling people who have registered their phone numbers to get telemarketers to stop calling. […]

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Water association employee pleads guilty to falsifying samples

The former manager of the North Lee Water Association has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of falsifying water samples.

Dan Durham, 66, waived indictment and entered a guilty plea in U. S. District Court in Aberdeen Wednesday afternoon.

The water district was required to provide samples from wells across the association to the Mississippi State Department of Health for testing. The federal charge accuses Durham of having the sample drawn from one well, but submitted as being taken system wide.
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