Health Insurance Telemarketer Faces Record FCC Fine of $225 Million for Spoofed Robocalls
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on March 17, 2021:
The Federal Communications Commission today fined Texas-based telemarketers $225 million--the largest fine in FCC history--for transmitting approximately 1 billion robocalls, many of them illegally spoofed, to sell short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. The robocalls falsely claimed to offer health insurance plans from well-known health insurance companies . . .
The Federal Communications Commission today fined Texas-based telemarketers $225 million--the largest fine in FCC history--for transmitting approximately 1 billion robocalls, many of them illegally spoofed, to sell short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. The robocalls falsely claimed to offer health insurance plans from well-known health insurance companies . . .