FCC Proposes $33M In Fines Against Cell Phone Companies Providing Lifeline

Six Investigates is tracking more fallout from fraud, waste and abuse in the government subsidized cell phone program called Lifeline.

The FCC has proposed $33 million in fines against three more cell phone companies for giving customers multiple cell phones when they're only allowed one.

One of the companies, True Wireless, could have to pay $5.5 million in fines, plus reimburse the feds for fraudulent accounts.

True Wireless is one of several companies 6 Investigates found handing out free cell phones to homeless populations in Oklahoma.

The company received $35 a month from the government for each account it started.

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