The FTC announced 'several victories' in its fight against illegal robocalls, including some that resulted in judgments in the millions of dollars.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced"several victories" in its fight against illegal robocalls, including some that resulted in judgments in the millions of dollars.
The agency said that it stopped Veterans of America and its founder from running an alleged series of sham charities that falsely claimed to collect tax-deductible donations. The scam allegedly"used fake veterans' charities and illegal robocalls to get people to donate cars, boats, and other things of value," the FTC statement said.
Three defendants named in a case against NetDotSolutions, who allegedly provided the autodialers used to place billions of illegal robocalls, are now banned from supplying autodialers to telemarketers, the FTC said. The agency said those defendants provided the autodialing technology used by robocallers in at least eight prior FTC cases that resulted in more than one billion illegal robocalls. They will pay $1.35 million, the FTC said.
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