The Federal Communications Commission today issued a record fine of $299,997,000 against a robocall operation that specialized in auto warranty scam calls, the FCC announced, calling it “the largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated.”

  • @darmabum@lemm.ee
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    011 months ago

    A couple of guys from Texas who have been banned and fined before but just keep ignoring the Feds and spamming anyway. But this part caught my eye:

    Cox was banned from telemarketing in a 2013 settlement with the FTC, which accused him of sending “illegal robocalls offering credit card interest rate reduction programs, extended automobile warranties, and home security systems.” At the time, the FTC said that Cox was issued “a $1.1 million civil penalty that will be suspended due to his inability to pay.”

    In 2017, the FTC obtained a similar telemarketing ban on Jones. He was also fined $2.7 million, but, as with Cox, the fine was “suspended based on his inability to pay.”

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      11 months ago

      Dammit, I thought that first sentence meant Cox Communications, the cable company.

      Also fucking garnish their wages!