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Purple Communications agreed to pay...

Purple Communications agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle FCC claims that the company overbilled the Telecommunications Relay Service Fund. Under a consent decree that was finalized last week and announced Monday, Purple will pay some $18.5 million…

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back into the TRS Fund, plus another $3.1 million in fines, all over the next five years; “voluntarily” pay $550,000 to the U.S. Treasury, and create a “detailed” compliance plan within 30 days. Purple officials didn’t respond to requests for comment. The FCC began investigating Purple’ predecessor companies in August 2007, according to the consent decree; Enforcement Bureau spokesman Eric Bash said “one or more whistleblowers” came forward to report the company.