May 12, 2021

Wireless communications provider Assurance Wireless, a subsidiary of Sprint (now T-Mobile), will pay $1.6 million to resolve claims under the Oregon False Claims Act that it overcharged low-income Oregonians purchasing voice and broadband service under the Oregon Lifeline program, which is funded with federal and state subsidies.  The settlement follows an FCC enforcement action that resulted from the state’s investigation.  OR

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