FTC Imposes Lifetime Telemarketing Ban for Illegal Robocalls
A federal district judge in California approved default judgments against Aaron Michael Jones and nine companies the FTC alleged earlier this year blasted consumers with billions of illegal telemarketing robocalls, the agency said Friday. “The FTC estimates that in making…
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the illegal robocalls, Jones and the companies he controlled called numbers listed on the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry at a rate of more than 100 million per year.” The court orders permanently ban Jones and the companies from all telemarketing activities, “including initiating robocalls, calling numbers on the DNC Registry, and selling data lists containing consumers’ phone numbers and other information,” the FTC said in a news release. Jones was ordered to pay a $2.7 million fine. Jones couldn't be reached for comment.