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SEC subpoenas Qwest documents on Global Crossing

Qwest Communications has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for documents related to Global Crossing, which declared bankruptcy late last month. The commission is conducting an investigation into Global Crossing’s accounting practices.

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A spokesman for Qwest was not immediately available to discuss the subpoena. A search of Qwest’s & Global Crossing’s Web sites, though, shows that in April 1998, the two swapped bandwidth between the U.S. and Europe, typical of the Indefeasible Rights of Use deals that have been the subject of aggressive accounting speculation. Global Crossing also listed Qwest as a customer in June 2001 when it announced the completion of its worldwide network.

Qwest said it intends to cooperate fully with the SEC.

--Toby Weber, staff writer

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