Children Used for Giant Fraud on Comms Services Subsidized by US Government
It is good that poor children can go online. It is bad if government subsidies allow a four year old to obtain 1,042 broadband accounts.
US Regulator Expects Consumers to Report Fraudulent Abuse of Government Subsidies by Telcos
How can the US government spend USD17bn on subsidizing internet access whilst relying on the public to police crooked companies?
$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.