A Lancaster County Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding the federal government of more than $741,000. Twenty-five year old Krandon Wenger defrauded the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), according to the DoJ.
The ACP was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Law and provided financial support to eligible, low-income households, so they could continue to receive broadband services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACP authorized a monthly reimbursement of $30 per household, or $75 for households on tribal lands, to be paid to a household’s broadband access provider.
Wenger is scheduled to be sentenced on September 28. He pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in U.S. District Court and faces a maximum possible term of 20 years in prison on each, or 40 years behind bars…