. ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Esp uel as ▁settled ▁the ▁suit ▁" without ▁adm itting ▁or ▁den ying ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁in ▁the ▁am ended ▁compla int ". ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁fil ing , ▁Esp uel as , ▁who ▁co oper ated ▁with ▁the ▁SE C ▁investigation ▁over ▁five ▁years , ▁told ▁Ad week ▁magazine : ▁" I ▁know ▁that ▁I ▁did ▁nothing ▁wrong .... It ▁[ the ▁law suit ] ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁account ing ▁issues ▁at ▁the ▁company . ▁I ▁personally ▁was ▁not ▁involved ▁in ▁account ing ▁at ▁the ▁company . ▁I ' m ▁very ▁confident ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁did ▁things ▁right . ▁We ▁had ▁a ▁rather ▁elaborate ▁control ▁function , ▁both ▁internal ▁and ▁external , ▁and ▁to ▁my ▁knowledge ▁that ▁was ▁undert aken ▁correctly ." ▁ ▁In ▁company ▁announ c ements ▁made ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Star Media , ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁France ▁Tele com ' s ▁Orange ▁subs idi ary , ▁the ▁company ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁global ▁leader ▁in ▁Spanish ▁language ▁Internet ▁services . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁company ▁stated , ▁St arm edia ▁was ▁ ▁serving ▁over ▁ 2 2 ▁million ▁unique ▁users ▁a ▁month ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁expand ▁by ▁launch ing ▁new ▁services , ▁such ▁as ▁fin ance ▁and ▁entertain ment ▁channels , ▁and ▁opening ▁offices ▁across ▁Latin ▁America . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁His pan ic ▁Business ▁article ▁" The ▁Kings ▁of ▁Com eb acks ", ▁Esp uel as ▁said ,