You know telecoms are behaving badly when a business columnist who just a year ago argued for a hands-off government approach has reversed his opinion. “I’ve changed my mind,” he writes. “The behavior of the top telecommunications companies, especially Verizon Communications and AT&T, has convinced me that more government involvement is needed to keep communications free of corporate interference.”
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![Department Of Education Busts Student Loan Party Once And For All](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/awesome-dollar-shirt.jpg?w=300&h=225&crop=1)
Department Of Education Busts Student Loan Party Once And For All
![Software Weak Link in ATM Scam Fingered](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/debit4.jpg?w=158&h=142&crop=1)
Software Weak Link in ATM Scam Fingered
The mystery third party transaction software provider implicated in the ATM debit card scam scandal may have been named by VISA.
![Consumers with Forced Debit Card Reissues Step Forward](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/train4.jpg?w=158&h=104&crop=1)
Consumers with Forced Debit Card Reissues Step Forward
More signs point to OfficeDepot/OfficeMax and Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart as being the retailers suspected of letting thousands of customer’s debit cards and PINs to be stolen (see ATM Fraud UPDATE: Wal-Mart, OfficeMax, Sam’s Club, Office Depot Suspected).
![ATM Fraud UPDATE: Wal-Mart, OfficeMax, Sam’s Club, Office Depot Suspected](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/house12.jpg?w=240&h=160&crop=1)
ATM Fraud UPDATE: Wal-Mart, OfficeMax, Sam’s Club, Office Depot Suspected
A new article by ConsumerAffairs.com claims that the Citibank investigation into thousands of stolen debit cards and PINs centers on two 3rd party retailers.