Verizon Communications has agreed to pay more than $93.5 million to the federal government to resolve allegations the company overcharged on voice and data telecommunication services contracts, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
A whistleblower suit (PDF) filed in January 2007 was unsealed Tuesday in Washington’s federal trial court, disclosing the Justice Department’s decision to intervene in the litigation. Verizon transmitted the settlement funds to the government in February.
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