 In April 2011 , the company agreed to a $ 2 @.@ 8 million settlement with the U.S. government over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that had taken place between 2003 and 2005 . Payments of $ 536 @,@ 000 had been made to the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization in order to obtain purchase orders and had been inaccurately reported as sales commissions in Comverse 's accounting . 
