Information — No. 1:24-cr-20363 (Dkt. 1, S.D. Fla.)

Summary

A criminal information against Issa Asad and Q Link Wireless, LLC, Case 1:24-cr-20363-RAR, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entered on the docket August 22, 2024 as Document 1. Count 1 charges both with conspiracy to commit offenses against and to defraud the United States, alleging that Q Link, a Lifeline provider run by Asad as Chief Executive Officer, billed the FCC for customers who were not using their phones and manufactured cellphone activity to pass off as usage. It states Q Link received approximately $618 million from Lifeline between 2013 and 2019, approximately $109 million of which resulted from the fraud scheme, and that Asad personally received approximately $75 million. Count 2 charges Asad with money laundering over a wire transfer of approximately $1,000,000.

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