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Oregon inmate gets 5 years in jailhouse phone scam
12/17/2009, 7:27 a.m. PST The Associated Press
(AP) -- PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon inmate accused of cheating a telephone company and a county jail by figuring out how to avoid making collect calls and then selling the method to other inmates has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Louis Sampson Jr. and an accomplice set up business lines through Qwest Communications using the identities of other people and fake business names, The Oregonian newspaper reported. Sampson sold his method to other Multnomah County jail inmates for about $50, authorities said.
Once an inmate placed an order with Sampson, he would tell Qwest to forward calls made to one of those business lines to the inmate's family or friends, the newspaper said. That allowed inmates to avoid the $2.35 collect-call fee charged to those who accepted their calls.
12/17/2009, 7:27 a.m. PST The Associated Press
(AP) -- PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon inmate accused of cheating a telephone company and a county jail by figuring out how to avoid making collect calls and then selling the method to other inmates has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Louis Sampson Jr. and an accomplice set up business lines through Qwest Communications using the identities of other people and fake business names, The Oregonian newspaper reported. Sampson sold his method to other Multnomah County jail inmates for about $50, authorities said.
Once an inmate placed an order with Sampson, he would tell Qwest to forward calls made to one of those business lines to the inmate's family or friends, the newspaper said. That allowed inmates to avoid the $2.35 collect-call fee charged to those who accepted their calls.
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