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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Overbilling the Federal Government for Telephone Services
AT&T Corp. subsidiary AT&T Communications-East, Inc. paid the United States nearly $3 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it defrauded federal agencies by overcharging them for telephone service from December 1998 through December 2001. AT&T provided telephone services to the government as part of the FTS2000 contract administered by the General Services Administration. AT&T was alleged to have charged agencies more than the actual costs and fees AT&T paid to local telephone companies for access to their phone lines.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Justice
- Contracting Party
- GSA
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Announcement
- 6/27/2006
| Contractors Involved |
Penalty |
| Total |
|
| AT&T Inc. |
$2,946,000
|
