FCC Floats $5 Million Fine for Conservative Jacob Wohl, Allies (1)

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed the highest financial penalty to date against a group of individuals for apparently making more than 1,000 robocalls to voters without prior consent.

The commission said John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and suggested a $5,134,500 penalty.

The 2019 Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act amended the TCPA to not require the FCC to warn robocallers before violations could be counted toward a proposed fine. This is the first action the agency takes in line with that amendment. ...