Feds crack down on robocalling company

{mosads}Under the Telemarketing Sales Rule, companies must honor consumers’ request to not be contacted even if they have not added themselves to the national Do Not Call Registry.

In addition to the fine, AGI agreed to an order that bans the company from violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule in the future. 

“Sometimes we don’t want to be bothered by unsolicited, unwanted sales calls — that’s why we have the Telemarketing Sales Rule,” Tony West, assistant attorney general for the civil division, said in a news release. “And that’s why companies that ignore consumers’ wishes and play games with the telemarketing rules will be held accountable.”

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which manages the Do Not Call list, investigated the case before referring it to the Justice Department.

The FTC also announced on Monday that it was referring a separate robocalling case against a California man to the Justice Department. 

In that case, the FTC alleges that companies controlled by Roy M. Cox Jr. called phone numbers listed on the Do Not Call list and masked their caller ID info.