Belarus files criminal charges vs illegal IP-telephony businessmen 11:51, 14/09/2005
Belarus’ General Prosecutor’s Office has filed criminal charges against "a group of businessmen" involved in providing "underground" IP-telephony international long-distance services, a spokesman with the country’s General Prosecutor’s Office said, ITAR-TASS reported Monday.
The case was initiated against two Belarusian and two Israeli citizens, the spokesman said, adding that their business operated from August 2004 to February 2005. The businessmen took in U.S. $120,000 in illegal revenues causing $480,000 in damages to Belarus’ state-controlled fixed-line monopoly Beltelecom and Belarus` mobile operators Mobile Digital Communications (MDC) and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), , the spokesman said.
Under Belarus` law, the four citizens may be sentenced for up to seven years for operating a business without official registration, or "illegal entrepreneurship," and have their property confiscated.
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