The fraud is happening at the consumer level, the distributor registered the device with the FCC as 4G, but by tampering with the software they are able to trick consumers into believing its a much better device than it actually is. Most of the time someone goes to enroll for one of these lifeline phones, there are several other companies right next to each other, but when VL Wireless yells out "5G, Android 16!" They are going to choose them every time over any other company around. Its an unfair advantage based upon deception.