FCC: Taxpayers Footing $500M Bill for Obamaphone Fraud

FCC: Taxpayers Footing $500M Bill for Obamaphone Fraud: A letter sent by a Federal Communications Commission commissioner suggests that taxpayers are footing the bill for half a billion dollars in fraudulent 'Obamaphone' subsidies. Ajit Pai, the senior Republican commissioner at the FCC, says there may be as many as 4.2 million duplicate recipients of Lifeline Assistance subsidies, also known as the “Obamaphone” program.