US sues Sprint over company's wiretap expenses

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[h=1]US sues Sprint over company's wiretap expenses[/h] Source: AP



Mar 03, 2014 3:02 PM PST
By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal officials have filed a lawsuit alleging that Sprint Communications Inc. overbilled government agencies $21 million for wiretap services.

The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco alleges that that Sprint Corp. subsidiary collected unallowable expenses from the FBI and other government agencies while carrying out court-ordered wiretaps and other electronic intercepts of its customers.

What does that tell you about the SCOPE of America's wiretapping program, when a single telephone carrier can be accused of overbilling $21 MILLION dollars in wiretapping chargebacks?





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