The Enforcement Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has escalated its efforts to end tax-related robocalls originating from a Delaware telecommunications entity.
According to an Initial Determination Order issued by the FCC in early July, the company, Veriwave Telco, was reportedly one of the companies involved in the transmission of nearly 16 million robocalls in advance of the 2024 tax filing season. The robocalls promoted a non-existent “National Tax Relief Program,” designed to clear any outstanding tax debt of call recipients.
After Veriwave was identified by the FCC and the Industry Traceback Group as one of the originating providers of the robocalls, the FCC issued a cease-and-desist order to Veriwave in April 2024. However, the company has never responded to the cease-and-desist order and never provided the Commission with any of the information requested in the order. Hence, the decision to issue the Initial Determination Order.
Should Veriwave fail to respond to the latest order, the FCC will then issue a Final Determination Order that will instruct all downstream providers to immediately block and cease accepting all traffic received directly from Veriwave.
Read the FCC’s Initial Determination Order in connection with Veriwave.
