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CRTC upholds telemarketer’s fine, despite claim that notice wasn’t received


OTTAWA – The CRTC has rejected a request from a telemarketer charged with violating the national Do Not Call List to waive his fines, after he claimed that he didn’t receive the violation notice.In an application dated September 11, 2009, Sugar requested that the Commission drop the penalty, claiming that he had not received adequate notice of the violation after a neighbour accepted delivery of the document on his behalf at his address, but that the package was never brought to his attention.  The Commission fined Rob Sugar $4,000 in August for violating the DNCL rules.In its decision, the Commission considered that it...