Missouri suing New Hampshirian over dialers (anyone know Michael Walczak?)

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Nixon sues man over disputed porn site access charges

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The attorney general in Missouri is suing a Manchester (New Hampshire) man and companies he says are charging Missouri residents for accessing pornographic Web sites they never visited.

Jay Nixon's office said today that he filed suit against Michael Walczak of Bedford (New Hampshire) and his businesses, Phoenix One Billing and National One Telecom.

The suit accuses Walczak of demanding payment from at least 59 Missouri customers for long-distance calls to foreign countries that weren't made, and for accessing pay-per-view adult Web sites. Nixon said it appeared the charges sometimes came from auto-dialing software installed on people's computers without their knowledge.

Walczak is accused of deception, fraud and unfair trade practices. Nixon wants a judge to order the people wrongly charged be paid back, to block Walczak from engaging in unfair trade practices and to impose a fine of a thousand dollars per violation.

Walczak could not be reached for comment and there were no phone listings for him or the companies in New Hampshire.