FTC Gets $2.7M Judgment Over Billions of Unlawful Robocalls

The head of a group of California companies that helped telemarketers place billions of unlawful robocalls must pay $2.7 million to the Federal Trade Commission under a federal court judgment announced by the FTC June 2 (FTC v. Jones, C.D. Cal., No. 17-00058, default judgment against individual 5/31/17).

The court also entered judgment prohibiting the companies from engaging in prohibited telemarketing practices (FTC v. Jones, C.C.D. Cal., No. 17-00058, default judgment against companies 5/31/17).

Aaron Michael Jones and nine companies he operated helped telemarketer clients place calls to people on the federal Do Not Call (DNC) ...