[telecom] Feds: Sprint overcharged for wiretaps. Pays 15 million.

[DOJ press release]

Sprint Communications, Inc. Agrees To Pay $15.5 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Overcharging Law Enforcement Agencies For Court-Ordered Wiretaps

San Francisco - Sprint Communications, Inc., formerly Sprint Nextel Corporation, has agreed to pay the government $15.5 million to resolve allegations it defrauded federal law enforcement agencies when recovering its costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps, pen registers, and trap devices, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General ("OIG") Special Agent in Charge M. Elise Chawaga. .... In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance in Law Enforcement Act ("CALEA") which required telecommunications carriers to upgrade their equipment, facilities, or services to ensure they were capable of enabling the government, pursuant to a court order, to intercept and deliver communications and call-identifying information.

- but, claimed the Feds, Sprint was adding improper charges to the bills... ==== rest:

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