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Monday, November 23, 2009

FCC: Internet program for deaf cheated out of millions of dollars

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FCC: Internet program for deaf cheated out of millions of dollars

In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of "tens of millions of dollars" from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras.  Read full story

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