By Adrianne Appel2025-07-29T16:04:00
A Florida wireless company and its CEO will pay more than $128 million to settle civil and criminal allegations that they defrauded a federal low-income telecommunications program, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Q Link Wireless LLC and owner Issa Asad, of Dania Beach, Florida, allegedly devised a scheme to defraud the Lifeline Program, a nearly $2 billion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps people with low incomes with their cell phone bills.
Consumers must meet income and cell phone usage requirements to participate. Telecommunication companies must verify that customers meet the program qualifications before seeking reimbursement from the federal government for the discounts they provided.
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The U.S. Department of Justice says the chief executive and medical director of Fast Lab Technologies allegedly engaged in a $500 million fraud scheme involving COVID-19 tests.
2025-07-24T15:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Recent enforcement actions by U.S. agencies overseeing customs payments and export control laws indicate increased scrutiny of business transactions between U.S. and Chinese companies.
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The Department of Justice has refocused its white collar crime priorities on prosecuting the worst cases of corporate misconduct while also clearing away unnecessary and burdensome regulation that could “strangle” American business, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
2025-10-23T20:07:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The founder of crypto exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao, received a pardon from President Donald Trump. This pardon comes almost two years after Zhao signed a plea agreement and was sentenced to a four-month prison sentence.
2025-10-23T18:57:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A former Wells Fargo risk officer previously ordered to pay $10 million by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for her alleged role in the bank’s “fake accounts” scandal is completely off the hook, according to an OCC consent order issued Tuesday.
2025-10-21T18:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Eight auto insurers failed to meet the requirements of New York’s cybersecurity regulations during widespread online attacks in 2021 and will pay $19 million under consent orders with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
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