The former CEO of a Dania Beach telecommunications company pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that stole millions from a government program designed to provide cellphone ...

The FBI-led probe targeted Q Link Wireless and its top officer Issa Asad for fleecing a federal program for low-income ...

Assad and Q Link will pay $109M in restitution to the fund, which provides discounted phone and broadband subsidies to people ...

The chief executive reportedly used some of the fraud proceeds on the construction of a home, property taxes, and donations ...

Issa Asad admitted to submitting phony customer data for years to Lifeline, an FCC program providing discounted telephone and internet service to low-income Americans, ...

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Q Link Wireless and its CEO, Issa Asad, have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Lifeline program, to the tune of $100 million over eight years.

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Issa Asad, 51, of Southwest Ranches, was the CEO of Q Link Wireless, which participated ... enrolled in government benefits and used their phones in some way, the charging document said.