Verizon Communications will pay the federal government $93.5 million to settle allegations contained in a whistleblower suit that the telecom giant overcharged the government for voice and data communication services.
The whistleblower lawsuit, filed in 2007, alleged that Verizon had billed the General Services Administration for "tax-like" surcharges that it wasn't entitled to impose on the government agency, according to the Associated Press.
The "qui tam" lawsuit had been under seal until yesterday when the government announced that it had joined the case and reached a settlement with Verizon.
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