photo Don Lepard

Attorneys have unleashed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that EPB violated Tennessee's False Claims Act by knowingly submitting inflated bills for its streetlights, overbilling Chattanooga taxpayers for an amount that remains in dispute.

Plaintiff

Ellis Smith

Ellis Smith is the digital editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press in January 2010 as a business reporter.

Ellis hails from Marietta, Ga. He earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication at the University of West Georgia.

He previously worked at UTV-13 News, Carrollton, Ga., as a producer; at the The West Georgian, Carrollton, Ga., as editor; and at the Times-Georgian, Carrollton, Ga.; as a reporter.

Contact Ellis at 423-757-6315 or esmith@timesfreepress.com.

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