Showing posts with label Obama Phone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama Phone. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Phone Company ‘Outraged’ By Fraud, Abuse In ‘Obamaphone’ Program

Brian Maass, Jan. 26, 2015, CBS4

Although the Lifeline wireless program has been around since 2005 and started under President George W. Bush, it ballooned under President Obama and the phones are often referred to as Obamaphones.

But multiple times a CBS4 producer and reporter found phone agents in Denver circumventing strict government rules to ensure that only the truly needy get the free phones.

Read more: denver.cbslocal.com


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Friday, November 7, 2014

Government’s Free Phone Program Riddled With Abuse, Fraud

By CBS Denver, Nov. 6, 2014, Denver.cbslocal.com

DENVER (CBS4) - A federally regulated program providing free cellphone service and phones to the poor and needy in Denver appears to be riddled with waste, fraud and abuse, according to an undercover CBS4 Investigation.

The $2 billion a year Lifeline program has handed out more than 13 million free cellphone plans across the country in the first six months of this year. In Colorado, the program handed out more than 117,000 free cellphone plans in the first half of this year, or about 20,000 cellphones every month.

The free phones and their wireless plans are paid for by a monthly tax on your cellphone, called the Universal Service Tax. Although the Lifeline wireless program has been around since 2005 and started under president George W. Bush, it has exploded under President Obama’s administration and the phones are often referred to as “Obamaphones.”


Read the full story:  www.denver.cbslocal.com

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