Conn. A.G. Tong Joins FTC, Multistate Coalition Shutting Down Massive Charity Fraud Robocall Operation
March 05, 2021
March 05, 2021
HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
Attorney General William Tong along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls--most of them illegal robocalls. The defendants deceptively collected more than $110 million falsely claiming to s . . .
Attorney General William Tong along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls--most of them illegal robocalls. The defendants deceptively collected more than $110 million falsely claiming to s . . .