Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Vt. Nat'l Tel. Co. v. Northstar Wireless, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 12, 2017No. Civil Action No. 15–728 (CKK)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
(December 12, 2017)
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge
Relator Vermont National Telephone Company brings this action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3730, alleging that Defendants deprived the United States of approximately $3.3 billion through misconduct during an auction of wireless spectrum licenses conducted by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") between November 13, 2014, and January 29, 2015 (the "Auction"), in which Relator also participated. Relator alleges that the Defendants engaged in "a massive fraud" designed to obtain "bidding credits to…
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