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Company: Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corporation
Penalty: $180,000
Year: 2008
Date: January 29, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission announced a complaint and proposed consent decree settling charges that a California-based voice broadcaster made over 46 million unlawful telemarketing calls. The proposed court order permanently barred the defendants from violating the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule and required them to pay $180,000 in civil penalties.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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