United States - At FTC's Request, Court Halts Massive Robocall Operation

At the Federal Trade Commission request, a federal court has stopped a major telemarketing operation that made millions of illegal phone calls pitching worthless extended auto warranties and credit card interest rate-reduction programs. A federal judge in Chicago has ordered SBN Peripherals, Inc., to stop the calls, temporarily froze its assets and appointed receiver to take control of the business. According to the FTC, the company allegedly placed more than 370 million calls to people nationwide in the past year, prompting tens of thousands of complaints to the agency. Many of the calls were made to cell phones, sticking people with additional charges.

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