OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC on Friday fined four telemarketers a total of $38,000 for various violations to the country’s telemarketing rules.
Lev Olevson, carrying on business as Capital Windows and Doors and Advantage Pro, was fined $8,000 for initiating telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose numbers were registered on the national do not call list (DNCL), for doing so when he was not a registered subscriber of the national DNCL, and had not paid all applicable fees to the national DNCL operator.
Advantage Pro Portes et Fenêtres was fined $6,000 for initiating telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the DNCL, and for doing so when it was not registered with the national DNCL operator, had not provided information to the national DNCL operator, was not a registered subscriber of the national DNCL, and had not paid all applicable fees to the national DNCL operator.
Telemarket4u Inc. was ordered to pay $12,000 for initiating, on behalf of a client, telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the DNCL, and for doing so while this client was not registered with the national DNCL operator, had not provided information to the national DNCL operator, was not a registered subscriber of the national DNCL, and had not paid all applicable fees to the national DNCL operator.
2260948 Ontario Inc., operating as Vinyl Window Pro, must pay $12,000 for employing Telemarket4u Inc. to initiate telemarketing telecommunications on its behalf to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the DNCL, and for doing so while Vinyl Window Pro was not registered with the national DNCL operator, had not provided information to the national DNCL operator, was not a registered subscriber of the national DNCL, and had not paid all applicable fees to the national DNCL operator.
