Whistleblowers Want to Revive Fraud Suit Against UScellular Successor

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2025 – A pair of telecom attorneys are pushing for the Supreme Court to reverse a decision that ended a fraud lawsuit against Array Digital Infrastructure, formerly UScellular.

In February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed a case in which Mark O’Connor and Sara Leibman, a former FCC attorney, sued Array under the False Claims Act, which mandates higher penalties for fraudulently seeking government cash. They alleged Array used smaller subsidiaries to obtain spectrum auction bidding credits and buy spectrum for more than $100 million less than it could have on its own.

Array, formerly the fifth largest wireless carrier in the country, changed its name after selling those operations and a chunk of spectrum to T-Mobile for $4.3 billion. It now operates its roughly 4,400 towers.