Auto Warranty Robocaller loses 911
I hope it wasn't a forum member who lost his car, but as someone who used to get around 3 or 4 of these robocalls a week, if it was... Job well done FTC!
www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/03/voicetouch.shtm
Auto Warranty Robocallers To Pay Over $655,000 and Sell Assets For Consumer Redress
FTC Settlement Also Permanently Bars Voice Touch, Inc. From Telemarketing
A deceptive robocall operation that allegedly used millions of pre-recorded telemarketing messages to fraudulently pitch extended auto warranties to U.S. consumers will pay more than $655,000 in consumer redress and will be permanently banned from telemarketing, as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The company that arranged to blast out auto warranty robocalls, Voice Touch, Inc., and its principal, James A. Dunne, agreed to the terms to settle a complaint filed by the FTC in May 2009. In addition to paying approximately $655,000, Dunne will have to turn over the proceeds from the sale of his second home in Florida and two luxury cars, a Porsche 911 and a Lexus sedan. Dunne and Voice Touch are two of six defendants who were sued by the FTC, which received a flood of complaints as a result of the auto warranty robocalling campaign.