The industry's largest trade group sent a letter over the weekend to the Federal Communications Commission, asking for permission to pass along the costs to their own customers if WorldCom falls behind on its network-connection payments.
By late summer, all but one of its staff charged in connection with payments to public officials had been cleared.
They're being looked at in connection with payments to Howard Vogel, a real estate broker and former lead plaintiff in several Milberg class actions.
When used in a physical form, the MintChip does not require an Internet connection for payments and, unlike debit and credit cards, its transactions are not run through third parties.
Mr. Lucas is one of four former and current employees of the bank who are being investigated in connection with payments to Qatari investors as part of a rescue fund-raising deal Barclays made during in the 2008 financial crisis.
But before long, the investigators learned that the money was being moved to pay for sex and that the transactions were being manipulated to conceal Mr. Spitzer's connection to payments for meetings with prostitutes, the official said.
A6 French Corruption Inquiry Judges examining possible corruption at the formerly state-owned French oil company Elf Aquitaine have notified a former finance minister, Dominique Sthatss-Kahe, that he is being investigated in connection with payments to a secretary.
Judges looking into possible corruption at the formerly state-owned French oil company Elf Aquitaine have notified a former French finance minister that he is being investigated in connection with payments made to his secretary, his lawyer said today.
One Fifa official - Nicolas Leoz, of Paraguay, the head of South America's football confederation - was named in court papers in connection with payments totalling $130,000 £83,0000).
The U.S. government not only cited official bribes; it also accused the company of books and records violations in connection with payments to private Russian bank employees.
One unidentified officer, according to the summary, was accused of "dereliction of duty" in connection with payments of bonuses and student loans and was "permitted to retire in lieu of involuntary separation," according to the summary.
