The FCC has just handed out what it says is a record-breaking fine for “the largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated.”
Running a robocall operation can be a costly business, it seems, especially if you find yourself on the end of a fine handed out by the Federal Communications Commission .
Recommended Videos Operating since at least 2018, the enterprise involved a “complex scheme designed to facilitate the sale of vehicle service contracts under the false and misleading claim of selling auto warranties,” the FCC said in a release. Two of the central players, Roy M. Cox and Aaron Michael Jones, were already under lifetime bans against making telemarketing calls.
– and violating spoofing laws by using misleading caller ID to disguise the caller in the hope of getting the person to answer.
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