Justice Dept.: Group Agrees to Pay $6.5M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Subsidies Under the Federal Communications Commission's High-Cost Program
July 13, 2024
July 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
Butler, Pennsylvania, based Armstrong Group has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly violating the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) rules governing the agency's High-Cost Program and submitting improper costs in order to inflate the subsidies it received from the federal Universal Service Fund (USF).
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Butler, Pennsylvania, based Armstrong Group has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly violating the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) rules governing the agency's High-Cost Program and submitting improper costs in order to inflate the subsidies it received from the federal Universal Service Fund (USF).
The FCC es . . .