4. Additional Measures to Protect the Public
NCT has violated several statutes, Commission decisions, and Rule 1. To protect the public from further unlawful actions, we will bar NCT from providing regulated telecommunications services in California until (1) all past-due regulatory fees owed by NCT have been paid, and (2) the fines levied by this Decision have been paid. Likewise, we will bar Karyn Bartel from owning, operating, or managing a public utility providing service in California until (1) all past-due regulatory fees owed by NCT have been paid, and (2) the fines levied by this Decision have been paid.
The record shows that the Helein Law Group aided and abetted violations of Rule 1. Consequently, the firm cannot be trusted, and those who rely on information provided by the Helein Law Group should be warned. To this end, we will require that documents filed by the Helein Law Group in any current or future proceeding to state in a prominent manner that the firm was found to have violated Rule 1 by today's Decision. Further, the Helein Law Group shall amend any applications currently pending at the Commission to include the aforementioned warning.19 This requirement to provide the warning shall end three years from the effective date of today's Decision.
19 It appears that the Helein Law Group filed A.06-03-019 for a CPCN for Transcend Multimedia, LLC to provide resold and leased facilities-based competitive local exchange services. Commission records indicate that there may also be several pending registration applications filed by the Helein Law Group.
