From PC Mag: The FCC is making good on a threat, and penalizing a pair of scammers $300 million for bombarding US residents with robocalls.
After proposing the record-breaking fine in December, the FCC today officially issued(Opens in a new window) the penalty in an ongoing effort to crack down on spam and fraudulent phone calls.
The $299,997,000 amount is the largest penalty the FCC has ever issued against a robocalling operation. The US regulator is imposing the fine against Roy M. Cox and Aaron Michael Jones for orchestrating the automated calls, which tried to trick consumers into believing their auto warranty was about to expire.
The calls were designed to dupe consumers into handing over their personal information or making a payment. According to the FCC, the scheme involved “more than 5 billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers during a three-month span in 2021." The same calls also disguised the caller ID to trick consumers into answering.
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