STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

August 22, 2001

TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN INVESTIGATION 00-09-003

DECISION 01-08-035, Mailed 8/22/01

On July 19, 2001, a Presiding Officer's Decision in this proceeding was mailed to all parties. Public Utilities Code Section 1701.2 and Rule 8.2 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures provide that the Presiding Officer's Decision becomes the decision of the Commission 30 days after its mailing unless an appeal to the Commission or a request for review has been filed.

No timely appeals to the Commission or requests for review have been filed. Therefore, the Presiding Officer's Decision is now the decision of the Commission.

The decision number is shown above.

Lynn T. Carew, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

LTC:k47

Attachment

ALJ/MAB-POD/k47 Mailed 8/22/2001

Decision 01-08-035

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission's Own Motion into the operations and practices of Igor Unikov and Isay Radomyselsky, a partnership doing business as Ace of Bace Moving Company, Respondents.

Investigation 00-09-003 (Filed September 7, 2000)

Maksim Malmygin, Igor Unikov, and

Isay Radomyselsky, for Ace Of Bace Moving

Company, respondent.

Cleveland Lee, Attorney at Law, Rail Safety and

Carriers Division.

OPINION

Summary

In this decision, pursuant to Pub. Util. Code¹ § 5285, we revoke Household Goods Carrier Permit T-188,990 issued to Igor Unikov and Isay Radomyselsky doing business as Ace of Bace Moving Company (Ace) for violations of the Pub. Util. Code and our regulations, impose a fine of $40,000, as provided by § 5313, and direct Ace to make reparations to all customers from whom amounts were unlawfully obtained. Should Ace make all reparations, the fine is reduced to $10,000.