Dead people received internet subsidies

See FCC Overhauls $2.9 Billion Lifeline Subsidy Program to Curb Improper Payments: Regulators vote to tighten vetting for phone and internet subsidy after investigation found millions went to dead subscribers by Patience Haggin of The WSJ. Excerpts:

"The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to advance sweeping reforms to its Lifeline program, tightening eligibility requirements and procedures for the nearly $3 billion phone and internet subsidy for low-income households."

"A government review, released by the FCC Office of Inspector General last month, found that over a nearly five-year period about 117,000 deceased individuals across California, Texas and Oregon received Lifeline benefits totaling $5 million. Thousands of these subscribers were already deceased at the time they were purportedly enrolled in the program. Another nearly $5.5 million was claimed for duplicate enrollments, in which more than one monthly benefit was claimed for a single individual, according to the report."