O'Connor v. US Cellular Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., MARK J. O’CONNOR and SARA F. LIEBMAN, Plaintiff-Relators, No. 20-cv-2070 (TSC) v. U.S. CELLULAR CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION In this qui tam action under the False Claims Act, Relators Mark O’Connor and Sara Liebman allege that U.S. Cellular Corporation—acting through its proxy, Allison DiNardo, and a sham company, Advantage Spectrum, L.P.—purchased spectrum licenses at auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) using nearly $113 million in fraudulently…