Record 'Call' Fine from FCC to Health Insurance Company
In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided on the highest fine in its history. The case that was the subject of the unanimous decision was Texas…
In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided on the highest fine in its history. The case that was the subject of the unanimous decision was Texas…
In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided on the highest fine in its history. The case that was the subject of the unanimous decision involved a Texas-based health insurance marketing company. 2019 made in robotics were calls. FCC, company 225 million dollar He decided to pay a fine. The decision was taken on the grounds that around 1 billion illegal fake robotic searches were made in less than 5 months last year.
It is stated that the two people mentioned in the decision used businesses including companies such as Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom. According to the FCC, these robotic calls; They were disguised as health insurance offers from major insurance companies such as Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group. Jessica Rosenworcel, a director of the FCC, said a group of state attorneys general had filed a lawsuit against the companies in the district court. case will open he said.
Robotic search penalties have been imposed before:
Of course, this penalty imposed on robotic searches is not the first in US history. before too Federal Trade Commission (FTC), shut down Pointbreak Media, a company that defrauded small business owners by pretending to be Google.
According to the FTC's announcement, four companies made billions of illegal calls across the United States. These companies agreed to pay several million dollars and cease operations, but this penalty robot search problem. He only solved a small part of it.
It was also revealed that the owners of these companies were the owners of different robocall companies. Also to other companies From $500K to $3.64M Fines were imposed. Choosing small business owners as their target, Pointbreak Media called the company owners and told them that they were listed as 'permanently closed' in Google search results, asking for hundreds of dollars to get them back online. If the business owner agreed, the company would ask if they wanted to be featured more prominently in the search results.
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