Report No. GN-158             GENERAL ACTION                  June 27, 1994


             PROFIT ENTERPRISES ORDERED TO FORFEIT $5,600 FOR 
                SELLING COMPUTERS WITHOUT FCC AUTHORIZATION

     The Commission has ordered Profit Enterprises, Inc. to forfeit
$5,600 for violating the Communications Act by selling three
personal computers without FCC authorization.  Profit was granted
reconsideration of the Commission's initial order which found it
liable for a monetary forfeiture in the amount of $10,000. 

     Seeking reconsideration, Profit argued that there was no basis
for upwardly adjusting the base amount of the forfeiture; that the
forfeiture should be reduced on the basis of its history of
compliance and good faith.  Profit also repeated its earlier
argument that its financial situation justified cancellation of the
forfeiture.

     The Commission reduced the forfeiture based on Profit's
history of prior compliance and because it agreed that no basis
existed for the initial upward adjustment.  The Commission,
however, declined to make any other reductions because Profit had
failed to establish any other bases requiring further reductions of
the forfeiture amount.  In determining the amount of forfeiture,
the Commission's policy regarding forfeiture adjustments, 1993
Policy Statement, Standards  for Assessing Forfeiture, was taken
into consideration.
     
     Action by the Commission June 13, 1994, by Order (FCC 94-156). 
Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and Barrett, with
Commissioners Ness and Chong not participating.

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