NewsOn6/News9 Uncovers More “Obama Phone” Spending
OK Corporation Commission Alleges Over 40,000 Violations By Icon Telecom
by Jennifer Loren, 6 Investigates
TULSA, Oklahoma – News On 6 has found evidence in black and white that an Oklahoma-based cell phone company is bilking the government of nearly $100 million, and the feds haven’t stopped writing them checks.
A division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission filed a complaint against Icon Telecom. It lists more than 40,000 counts of violations and asks that the company be found in contempt and banned from offering Lifeline service in Oklahoma
If the courts find the details within the document to be true, it could become the biggest fraud case in the history of the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program, and it’s all been happening right here in Oklahoma.
Last month, we took you to the Oklahoma City headquarters of Icon Telecom, but the owner was “out of town” and no one would answer our questions.