] Justice Department officials have evidence that MCI may, ] in effect, have "laundered" calls through small ] telephone companies, and even redirected domestic calls ] through Canada, to avoid paying access fees or shift them ] to rival long-distance carriers, according to people ] involved in the investigation. ] ] The lawyers told the investigators that the ] tests also showed that the billing codes that are ] transmitted with telephone calls in data packets had been ] doctored. MCI Faces Federal Fraud Inquiry on Fees for Long-Distance Calls |