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FCC Opens Portal for Reporting Illegal Robocalls

The Enforcement Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a new online portal allowing private entities to report suspicious robocalls, robotexts, and spoofing campaigns. The FC... Read More...

FCC Bans Caller ID Spoofing of Texts, Foreign Robocalls

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to close loopholes in its current regulations regarding spoofing and robocalls. An Order issued by the Commission in early August implements c... Read More...

FCC to Host “SHAKEN/STIR” Robocall Summit

Ajit Pai, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will convene a summit this summer to discuss industry efforts to combat the rise in robocalls and caller ID spoofing. Scheduled for July... Read More...

U.S. FCC Chairman Calls on Industry to Join Anti-Spoofing Efforts

As part of its ongoing effort to help stem the growing problem of illegal robocalls, the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called on leading phone industry companies to quickly ad... Read More...

FCC Affirms Whopping Fine for Spoofed Robocalls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has affirmed its decision to fine a North Carolina man and his company more than $82 million for making more than 21 million illegal robocalls. The fine, which was... Read More...

FCC Orders Largest Forfeiture Ever!

The FCC has upheld a proposed $100 million plus fine against a Florida man and his companies for falsifying caller ID information to trick consumers.

Another Whopping Fine for Spoofed Robocalls

In the wake of a proposed record monetary forfeiture for robocalls, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed another massive fine against a North Carolina man and his company for making mor... Read More...

FCC Proposes $120 Million Fine for Spoofing

In what may well be the largest monetary forfeiture ever levied by the agency, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed that a Florida man pay a fine of $120 million for making almost 100 million... Read More...

Men Spoof Their Way to Fines, Arrest

Two metro New York-area men are each facing fines of $25,000 for using false caller ID numbers to harass one of the men’s former spouse. According to a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture issued in e... Read More...

Commission issues new rules against “spoofing”

With the deceptive use of caller identification information on the rise, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued new rules to protect consumers from the practice of “spoofing,” which involves mas... Read More...

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