T Star hit with record NT$16 million fine over internal control lapses

Taiwan Star Telecom Corp. (T Star) has been slapped with a record NT$16 million (US$506,000) fine for weak internal controls that enabled three men to obtain thousands of Taiwanese phone numbers and sell them to Chinese fraud rings, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said Wednesday.

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