MIAMI—Issa Asad, the CEO of Q Link Wireless LLC, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the U.S. government in connection with a years-long scheme to steal over $100 ...

Issa Asad, 51, of Southwest Ranches, was the CEO of Q Link Wireless, which participated in the federal program “Lifeline” by offering free telephone and internet services and sought federal government ...

The FCC began in 2014 investigating whether Q Link and Asad were submitting false claims under the Lifeline program. In order ...

A major South Florida telecommunications company and its top officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $100 million from a federal government program known as “Lifeline” that ...

Issa Asad, 51, of Southwest Ranches, was the CEO of Q Link Wireless, which participated in the federal program “Lifeline” by offering free telephone and internet services and sought federal ...

The defendants, Asad and Q Link, admitted that they purposely conspired to defraud the FCC program between 2012 and 2021 by providing false information about their Lifeline customers and making ...

The Lifeline program aims to make communications ... obtained PPP funds by misrepresenting the impact of the pandemic on Q Link’s business, diverting funds for personal expenses, including ...

"Issa Asad and his company, Q Link Wireless, purposefully defrauded ... phone service and later broadband internet service, the Lifeline program has long struggled with fraud, congressional ...