How is Sprint Nextel taking action against these unscrupulous companies?
Sprint Nextel’s corporate security and legal teams have launched a full scale investigation into these practices. Sprint Nextel filed lawsuits against three companies engaged in fraudulently obtaining and selling customer information: • 1st Source Information Specialists, filed in January 2006. Sprint Nextel obtained a permanent injunction against 1st Source in March, meaning that the company agreed to never again acquire, offer, sell or advertise the ability to obtain Sprint Nextel customer account information. Today’s settlement was reached with 1st Source and one of its officers. Although this settlement closes the case with respect to the corporate entity and one of its officers, the case continues against individual defendants who are also believed to be responsible for pretexting activity. • All Star Investigations Inc. (ASI), the parent company of www.onlinePI.com, www.allstarinvestigations.com, www.detectivesusa.com, www.miamiprotection.com and www.privatedetectivesusa.com, fil
