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Article: United States: New Mexico-Based Computer Assets Inc. Agrees to Settle.
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- Article date:
- July 31, 2009
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Byline: pinto03
Computer Assets Inc. and its principals, Abraham Salazar and Damon Salazar, have agreed to pay $350,000 over three years and surrender up to $35 million in pending E-Rate applications to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced today.
The E-Rate program, which Congress created in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, provides funding for needy schools and libraries to connect to and utilize the Internet. Under the program, which is supported by ...