Q Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad has been sentenced to five years in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy charges.

The owner of a telecom firm was sentenced to five years in prison for taking money from a federal program that provides discounted phone services to low-income customers.

Q Link Wireless LLC and its 51-year-old CEO Issa Asad both pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to commit wire fraud and to steal government money from the Lifeline program, the Department of ...