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2:10-cv-01376
Pennsylvania Western
Other Statutory Actions
Nora Barry Fischer
AT&T Corp. must face a False Claims Act suit alleging it billed the federal government for international scammer calls made through a Web-based call service for the hearing impaired, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday.
A Pennsylvania magistrate judge on Thursday recommended nixing six claims from a whistleblower suit alleging AT&T Corp. fraudulently billed the federal government for scammer calls made through an Internet-based service for the hearing impaired, while affirming that the government's intervening complaint was sufficiently pled.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday joined a whistleblower suit against AT&T Corp. in Pennsylvania accusing the communications giant of violating the False Claims Act by billing the federal government for international scammer calls made through its web-based call service for the hearing impaired.