“The FCC is limited to investigating, taking counter-actions (like asking phone companies to stop carrying certain callers), and documenting the extent of the alleged criminal activity. But their recommendation of a $300 million fine must be evaluated and prosecuted by the Justice Department.”
The auto warranty scam placed at least five billion calls since 2018. Two of its central players were already under lifetime telemarketing bans from the FTC and Texas, and they kept dialing anyway. The record $300 million fine now waits for a swamped Justice Department to collect it from a transnational operation. Blocking the calls cut them 99 percent. The fine is a press release.