GCI Communications Corp. will pay approximately $40,000,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by inflating its prices and violating FCC competitive bidding regulations in connection with participation in the agency’s Rural Health Care Program, the Justice Department said Thursday.
The Anchorage, Alaska-based company allegedly failed to comply with Federal Communications Commission price calculation regulations, and therefore received greater subsidy payments than it was entitled to.
GCI also allegedly caused Eastern Aleutian Tribes Inc., an Alaska rural health care provider, to agree to inflated prices after the contract was bid, which allowed GCI to receive higher ...
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