The commission declined to express an opinion about whether Vonage should pay general state taxes and fees, or if it's subject to state laws governing fraud, commercial dealings, marketing, advertising and other business practices.

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But in March 2005 USA Today reported on Langley's sordid past: In 1999 he had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and commercial bribery in connection with a penny stock called Pollution Controls International.

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Seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that Boeing Company, along with its CEO and the head of its commercial aircraft division, committed securities fraud in violation of federal law.

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