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Litigation

Dec. 3, 2014

Wireless phone service provider to pay $2.1M to resolve government accusations

Wireless phone service provider Cricket Communications Inc. has agreed to a settlement with federal prosecutors, ending a dispute over the rates the company charged the government for wiretaps.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Wireless phone service provider Cricket Communications Inc. has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement with federal prosecutors, ending a dispute over the rates the company charged the government for wiretaps.


The settlement, brokered by the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District and the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General, resolved allegations that Cricket had overcharge...

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