$200mn Settlement for Telco That Took Government Subsidies for 885,000 Ineligible Customers
T-Mobile USA will pay the FCC’s largest fixed-amount civil penalty as redress for Sprint wrongly claiming Lifeline payments.
$6mn Fine Proposed for MVNO That Used Fake Customers to Collect Government Subsidies
Tracfone agents generated commission by inventing fictitious applications for the US government’s Lifeline program.
Sprint Wrongly Took Government Subsidies for 885,000 Inactive Customers
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Sprint’s actions were “outrageous”. The merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US may now be in jeopardy.