After pleading guilty in a U.S. Justice Dept. case, Publix Compan...
After pleading guilty in a U.S. Justice Dept. case, Publix Companies and owner Raanan Liebermann entered into a consent decree with the FCC, agreeing to stop operating as a common carrier and pay $7.9 million to reimburse the Telecommunications…
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Relay Service (TRS) Fund. Under the decree, approved Tues. by an FCC administrative law judge, Publix waived claims to another $2.3 million held in escrow. The action closes the investigation into whether Publix received TRS money “under false pretenses.” The bureau said it referred the issue to DoJ after an FCC inquiry found evidence that Publix may have falsely requested and received the money. A grand jury indicted Liebermann and Publix in July 2002; they entered into plea agreements with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sept. 2004, pleading guilty to (1) making a false statement to the FCC through the TRS Fund administrator, now the National Exchange Carrier Assn., and (2) engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction. In return for the pleas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office dismissed the original indictment.