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GCI connects three Eastern Aleutian communities to fiber-optic broadband

GCI connects three Eastern Aleutian communities to fiber-optic broadband
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United States: Recent settlement by GCI signals expanded use of False Claims Act

On 11 May 2023, GCI Communications Corp. (GCI) agreed to pay more than USD 40 million to the US government to settle allegations that it submitted… ....

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GCI pays $40.2 million to settle federal allegations it violated False Claims Act, bidding rules

Prosecutors alleged that between 2013 and 2020, GCI didn’t follow the rules on how to calculate prices, leading to the company getting more in subsidies than it was entitled to. The prosecutors also said GCI caused rural health care provider Eastern Aleutian Tribes Inc. to agree to inflated prices after a contract was competitively bid. That also led to GCI knowingly getting additional higher payments, in this case from 2015 to 2018, according to the Justice Department. ....

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GCI agrees to pay $40 million in settlement with federal government

The settlement resolves claims that GCI inflated its prices under a federal program supporting telecommunications needs for rural medical providers. A former GCI employee raised the allegations in a whistleblower complaint. ....

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