Robocall case results in record $120 million fine for Florida man
Discussing robocalls in 2017, Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said Americans are “mad as hell” about them. That doesn’t come as much of a surprise when you learn that U.S. consumers receive an estimated 2.5 billion robocalls a month. The automated, prerecorded calls result in the FCC receiving 200,000 complaints annually, with ongoing efforts to stamp them out apparently making little headway. This week the commission hit a Florida man witha $120 million finefor an operation that resulted in 96 million robocalls nationwide, all of which were made across a single three-month period in 2016....