Post Office employees have costly fun on 0700 numbers

A Kraków court has punished employees of Igołomia post office who, calling 0-700 services rang up a zł. 115,000 bill. According to the prosecutor, the accused took advantage of the fact that the telephone switchboard was not automated so their calls were not registered. Many of them took part in telephone competitions and even won awards. As a result of an agreement between Poczta Polska and TPSA, the former will pay zł. 95,000 while the remaining amount will be executed from the accused who will also receive a suspended sentence of between six months to two years. (Gazeta Wyborcza, May 24-25, p. 27) A.Z.