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US to charge AOL with fraud
From correspondents in Washington16dec04
© The Australian
MEDIA giant Time Warner Inc will pay fines of $US210 million ($277.81 million) under an agreement with the US government to be announced today to settle charges that its America Online unit inflated revenue, a Justice Department official said.Time Warner is also expected to pay about $US300 million ($396.88 million) more to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its buyout of a stake held by Germany's Bertelsmann AGin AOL Europe, a source familiar with the matter said.
Time Warner in the third quarter took a reserve of $US500 million ($661.46 million) to cover expected legal costs related to government probes into AOL's accounting practices.