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Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2003
by Marvin Mentor
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2003, page 12
A renewed four-year no-bid prisoner phone contract was awarded in June, 2002 by the California Department of General Services to MCI WorldCom, a telephone conglomerate whose recent bankruptcy exposed the largest accounting fraud in US business history - $11 billion. The non-competitive award, giving MCI exclusive control of prisoner phone …
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Telephone Rates.
Locations:
California,
Illinois.
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