[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20596-20597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9099]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 10-520]


Notice of Debarment; Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Support Mechanism

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (``Commission'') debars 
Mr. LaDuron from the schools and libraries universal service support 
mechanism for a period of three years.

DATES: Debarment commences on the date Mr. Leonard Douglas LaDuron 
receives the debarment letter or April 20, 2010, whichever date come 
first, for a period of three years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebekah Bina, Federal Communications 
Commission, Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division, 
Room 4-C330, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Rebekah Bina 
may be contacted by phone at (202) 418-7931 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. If Ms. Bina is unavailable, you may contact Ms. 
Michele Levy Berlove, Assistant Chief, Investigations and Hearings 
Division, by telephone at (202) 418-1477 and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission debarred Mr. LaDuron from the 
schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for a period 
of three years pursuant to 47 CFR 521 and 47 CFR 0.111(a)(14). Attached 
is the debarment letter, DA 10-520, which was mailed to Mr. LaDuron and 
released on March 30, 2010. The complete text of the notice of 
debarment is available for public inspection and copying during regular 
business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portal II, 445 
12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, In addition, the 
complete text is available on the FCC's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov. 
The text may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
inspection and copying during regular business hours at the contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portal II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-
B420, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 488-5300 or (800) 378-3160, 
facsimile (202) 488-5563, or via e-mail http://www.bcpiweb.com.

Federal Communications Commission.
Hillary S. DeNigro,
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau.
The debarment letter follows:

March 30, 2010

DA 10-520

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

AND E-MAIL (law.com">jmorris@bowse-law.com) AND FACSIMILE (913) 649-9399

Mr. Leonard Douglas LaDuron
c/o Jeffrey D. Morris
Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt, LLP
4200 Somerset, Suite 150
Prairie Village, KS 66208-5213

 Re: Notice of Debarment

 File No. EB-10-IH-0108

Dear Mr. LaDuron:

    Pursuant to section 54.8 of the rules of the Federal Communications 
Commission (``Commission''), by this Notice of Debarment you are 
debarred

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from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism 
(``E-Rate program'') for a period of three years.\1\
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    \1\ 47 CFR Sec.  54.8(g) (2008). See also 47 CFR Sec.  
0.111(a)(14).
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    On January 12, 2010, the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') sent you a 
Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceedings (``Notice 
of Suspension'').\2\ That Notice of Suspension was published in the 
Federal Register on January 22, 2010.\3\ The Notice of Suspension 
suspended you from participating in activities associated with or 
relating to the schools and libraries universal service support 
mechanism and described the basis for initiation of debarment 
proceedings against you, the applicable debarment procedures, and the 
effect of debarment.\4\
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    \2\ Letter from Hillary S. DeNigro, Chief, Investigations and 
Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission, to Mr. Leonard Douglas LaDuron, Notice of Suspension and 
Initiation of Debarment Proceedings, 25 FCC Rcd 142 (Inv. & Hearings 
Div., Enf. Bur. 2010) (Attachment 1) (``Notice of Suspension'').
    \3\ 75 Fed. Reg. 3732 (Jan. 22, 2010).
    \4\ See Notice of Suspension, 25 FCC Rcd at 143-45.
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    Pursuant to the Commission's rules, any opposition to your 
suspension or its scope or to your proposed debarment or its scope had 
to be filed with the Commission no later than thirty (30) calendar days 
from the earlier date of your receipt of the Notice of Suspension or 
publication of the Notice of Suspension in the Federal Register.\5\ The 
Commission did not receive any such opposition.
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    \5\ See 47 CFR Sec.  54.8 (e)(3),(4). That date occurred no 
later than Feb. 21, 2009. See supra note 3.
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    As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, you pleaded guilty to and 
were sentenced to serve fifty-seven months in federal prison, to be 
followed by thirty-six months of supervised release for federal crimes 
in connection with your participation in a scheme to defraud the E-Rate 
program.\6\ You held yourself out as an E-Rate consultant and 
salesperson and admitted that you and others devised a scheme to 
defraud school districts and the E-Rate program by steering contracts 
to various companies that directly benefited you, your conspirators, 
and your companies.\7\ You were also ordered to pay $238,609 in 
restitution for your role in the scheme.\8\ Such conduct constitutes 
the basis for your debarment, and your conviction falls within the 
categories of causes for debarment under section 54.8(c) of the 
Commission's rules.\9\ For the foregoing reasons, you are hereby 
debarred for a period of three years from the debarment date, i.e., the 
earlier date of your receipt of this Notice of Debarment or its 
publication date in the Federal Register.\10\
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    \6\ See Notice of Suspension, 25 FCC Rcd at 143. See also United 
States v. Leonard Douglas LaDuron, Criminal Docket No. 2:08CR20055-
001-KHV, Petition to Enter Plea (D. Kan. filed June 29, 2009 and 
entered June 30, 2009) (``Leonard LaDuron Plea''); United States v. 
Leonard Douglas LaDuron, Criminal Docket No. 2:08CR20055-001-KHV, 
Judgment (D. Kan. filed and entered Dec. 23, 2009) (``Leonard 
LaDuron Judgment''); United States v. Leonard Douglas ``Doug'' 
LaDuron, Criminal Docket No. 2:08CR20055-001-KHV, Indictment, 1-10, 
11-14 (D. Kan. filed Apr. 24, 2009 and entered Apr. 25, 2009) 
(Counts 1 and 3) (``LaDuron Indictment'').
    \7\ See Notice of Suspension, 25 FCC Rcd at 143.
    \8\ See Notice of Suspension, 25 FCC Rcd at 143.
    \9\ 47 CFR Sec.  54.8(c). See also Sec.  54.8(a)(4),(b)-(e).
    \10\ See 47 CFR Sec.  54.8(e)(5),(g). See also Notice of 
Suspension, 25 FCC Rcd at 145.
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    Debarment excludes you, for the debarment period, from activities 
associated with or related to the schools and libraries support 
mechanism, including the receipt of funds or discounted services 
through the schools and libraries support mechanism, or consulting 
with, assisting, or advising applicants or service providers regarding 
the schools and libraries support mechanism.\11\
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    \11\ See 47 CFR Sec.  54.8(a)(1),(a)(5),(d),(g); Notice of 
Suspension, 24 FCC Rcd at 9101.
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 Sincerely,

 Hillary S. DeNigro
 Chief
 Investigations and Hearings
 Division Enforcement Bureau

cc: Marietta Parker, United States Attorney's Office, Department of 
Justice (via e-mail) Kristy Carroll, Esq., Universal Service 
Administrative Company (via e-mail)

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