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TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 03:39 AM Mar 2021

Two Texas telemarketers just got hit with FCC's largest fine ever for robocalls

Two Texans are getting held accountable for all the robocalls that never seem to go away.

The Federal Communications Commission has fined two Texas telemarketers $225 million for making approximately 1 billion robocalls in under five months in 2019.

This is the largest fine the FCC has ever administered.

The robocalls falsely claimed to sell short-term insurance plans from well-known health insurance companies such as Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.

"John C. Spiller and Jakob A. Mears, who used business names including Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom, transmitted the spoofed robocalls across the country during the first four-and-a-half months of 2019," the FCC said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/houston-texas/article/robocall-texas-telemarketer-fcc-fine-16036364.php
(Laredo Morning Times)

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Two Texas telemarketers just got hit with FCC's largest fine ever for robocalls (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
Now, if they could just do something about those extended car warranty robocalls. sop Mar 2021 #1
Yes, I get those calls too that tell me that my auto warranty is about to expire. TexasTowelie Mar 2021 #2
They should find those guys and remove their spark plugs /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #3

TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
2. Yes, I get those calls too that tell me that my auto warranty is about to expire.
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 04:00 AM
Mar 2021

The odd thing is that my recent modes of transportation are my bicycle and my wheelchair.

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