NY AG Settles With Robocalling Platform in 2020 Election Probe
New York state settled with Message Communications over the company's involvement sending a robocall designed by Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman to intimidate Black voters in the 2020 election, Attorney General Letitia James (D) said Friday. Under a consent decree,…
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the company will pay $50,000 in restitution to people who received calls trying to stop them from voting by mail. It agreed it won't knowingly repeat the offense and will adopt a policy prohibiting customers from using its service to violate elections, civil rights, consumer protection and anti-fraud laws. The FCC proposed a $5 million fine against Wohl and Burkman last year after an Enforcement Bureau investigation (see 2204220051 and 2108240082).