Owner to Pay $9,000 in Telemarketing Case

A West Hills businessman was ordered to pay more than $9,000 in fines, costs and restitution after pleading no contest Thursday to violating a state law regulating telemarketers, according to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.

Doran Amir, 36, who owns Direct Imaging Systems in Chatsworth, was also placed on three years probation by Los Angeles Municipal Judge Sam Ohta, according to the city attorney’s office.

Amir could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Amir had been charged with working as a telemarketer without being registered with the state Department of Justice and not maintaining a $100,000 bond for financially protecting clients, as required by the California Telephone Sellers Act.

A Direct Imaging Systems representative working for Amir allegedly made false statements of being affiliated with Minolta, when attempting a sale over the telephone.

Direct Imaging Systems was also accused of shipping unordered printer toner and then trying to bill “several hundred percent over what a company would [normally] pay for the product.”