Mont. A.G. Knudsen: MT DOJ Joins FTC to Shut Down Massive Charity Fraud Telefunding Operation
March 05, 2021
March 05, 2021
HELENA, Montana, March 5 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release:
The Montana Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Protection, along with the Federal Trade Commission and dozens of agencies from around the nation, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls (mostly illegal robocalls). The defendants collected more than $110 million using their d . . .
The Montana Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Protection, along with the Federal Trade Commission and dozens of agencies from around the nation, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls (mostly illegal robocalls). The defendants collected more than $110 million using their d . . .