Qwest Communications, acknowledged Tuesday the U.S.
Attorney's office in Denver had started a criminal investigation, though
the reason for the probe wasn't given.
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a criminal investigation was launched into Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., which is already under investigation for its accounting
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As with past investigations, Qwest officials said they would "fully
cooperate" with any Denver office requests for information.
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the first criminal case stemming from a federal investigation of the company. Under the plea agreement, Hall admitted to signing a June 29, 2001, letter to
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Qwest Confirms Criminal Investigation. Canadian Research Net Deploys Qwest Confirms office in Denver that it is under criminal investigation.
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Jeff Dorschner, spokesperson for the Denver office of the Colorado U.S.
Attorney's office, said it could only confirm an investigation was underway.
"I can't speculate on a time frame (for details)," he said. "It's normally
the case that we don't even confirm or deny the existence of a criminal
investigation."
It's likely Qwest came forth with the criminal investigation only because
of recent events. Qwest officials derided a report in the CNN.com - Qwest subject to criminal probe - July 10, 2002::
Qwest Communications International Inc. cofirmed it is being investigated by Qwest previously had admitted it was under investigation by the Securities and
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WorldCom Inc. is not the only telecommunications vendor under scrutiny. a day Qwests acknowledgement that it was under criminal investigation by the
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Wall Street
Journal last week that said the company was under criminal investigation,
saying it was "outrageous" Qwest would find out through the media.
"We have disclosed everything asked of us and have cooperated fully with
the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and Congress," said Drake
Tempest, Qwest general counsel.
The Denver-based incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) has been under
mounting pressure from both the legal and financial community to disclose
the full extent of its financial arrangements.
The Bell has spent the last month changing out its senior management to
conduct a significant overhaul in the way it does business, starting last
month with Joseph Nacchio, Qwest's outspoken chairman and chief executive
officer.
Richard Notebaert, incoming chairman and chief executive officer, quickly
retooled the company and installed trusted advisors from his days as
Ameritech's boss.
The company's dealings during Nacchio's reign are the subject of intense
scrutiny in the wake of the Enron and Global Crossing scandals. Global
Crossing and Qwest reportedly dealt
heavily in "swapping," a term used to describe buying bandwidth from
one carrier and selling the same amount back, a legal method that lets both
carriers record the transaction as revenue.
The transactions fell under Qwest's wholesale division, an area analysts
expect might get sold off to shore up revenues.
Qwest officials declined to elaborate on future plans.
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