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Bothell recycler faces $3.4 million penalty for operating without certificate

DTG

LACEY—The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission filed a complaint against DTG Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a DTG Recycling or DTG) for violating state law by engaging in business as a solid waste collection company without the required certificate between Jan. 1, 2023, and June 30, 2023. DTG, a Bothell-based company founded in 1999, is the largest recycler […]

Lumen will pay $825,000 to customers over illegal pandemic disconnections

Lumen

OLYMPIA—Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday that Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, will pay a total of $825,000 to 1,099 Washington telephone customers it disconnected during the pandemic in violation of the emergency health and safety moratorium. The payment resolves two separate investigations by Ferguson’s Public Counsel Unit and his Consumer Protection Division. Lumen is a […]

Lynnwood mover ordered to pay daily penalty of $2,000 for illegal operation

Lynnwood moving company

LACEY, Wash., July 31, 2023—At the request of state regulators, the Snohomish County Superior Court ordered the owner of a Lynnwood-based moving company to pay $2,000 per day for continued illegal operation of his household goods moving business.  Carl J. Washington, who performed business under the names Jay’s Moving Company, Jeffrey’s Moving Company, and Jack’s […]

UTC fines CenturyLink $923,000 for illegal telephone disconnections during COVID-19 pandemic

CenturyLink

LACEY, Wash., July 6, 2023—Last week, the Utilities and Transportation Commission issued an initial order fining CenturyLink Communications LLC, doing business as Lumen Technologies, $923,000 for involuntarily disconnecting or suspending nearly 1,000 telephone accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. A UTC administrative law judge found that Lumen unlawfully disconnected 923 customers from service during Governor Jay […]

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