CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OBAMAPHONE PROGRAM FRAUD COSTING TAXPAYERS $500 MILLION PER YEAR
Pai wrote that data obtained by the FCC last month revealed carriers had enrolled nearly 4.3 million subscribers using the IEH override process between October 2014-April 2016, or 35.5 percent of total subscribers for the period. “It is alarming that over one-third of subscribers — costing taxpayers almost half a billion dollars a year — were registered through an IEH override. “Just one year of service for these apparent duplicates costs taxpayers $476 million,” added Pai, who now is asking the Universal Service Administrative Corporation for answers to several questions.
by Geoffrey Grider
NowTheEndBegins.com
June 9, 2016
THE FEDERAL SUBSIDY KNOWN AS THE OBAMAPHONE OR “OBAMANET” PROGRAM COULD BE LOSING NEARLY $500 MILLION TO FRAUD ANNUALLY, ACCORDING TO A TOP REPUBLICAN ON THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
Commissioner Ajit Pai made the accusation Wednesday in letter to the Universal Service Administrative Company, referring to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, which provides a monthly $9.95 subsidy for telecom service to low-income consumers.
The subsidy is limited to one per “independent economic household,” or IEH, but telecom companies have the ability to override that restriction if applicants check a box stating they represent a separate household, even if they have the same address.
FCC COMMISSIONER: WE WERE TOLD TO BE QUIET ON ‘OBAMAPHONE’ FRAUD
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