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Case analysis · Consent & revocation
A motel franchisee that agreed that its franchisor and affiliates might provide purchasing assistance and supplied its fax number repeatedly gave prior express permission to receive fax advertisements from an approved supplier.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that Moin Idrishbhai Pinjara, 28, had been sentenced to 29 months in prison and ordered to pay $635,103 in restitution.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
The bottom line: the owner of a Peruvian call center company that cold-called Spanish-speaking U.S. residents, posed as attorneys and demanded "settlement fees" for products no one ordered was arrested while traveling in the United States and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On January 3, 2019, a federal grand jury in Tampa returned an 11-count indictment against Glenn Francis, 58, of Palm Harbor, Florida.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Here's the part of this case that made me shake my head. The "fix" victims paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for?
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Some cases take years. This one took almost seven, from indictment to the leader's sentence.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Here's a fun one. Well, fun for me. Not fun for people scammed by this.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Picture this. You're behind on your mortgage. You call a number from a letter that says you're "pre-approved" for a government program.
Regulatory update · FCC & rulemaking
The bottom line: on December 2, 2025, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent SK Teleco LLC of Missoula, Montana, a notice of suspected illegal traffic.
Regulatory update · Autodialers & artificial voice
On May 10, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Forfeiture Order imposing a $120,000,000 penalty on Adrian Abramovich, personally and doing business as Marketing Strategy Leaders, Inc. and Marketing Leaders, Inc. The FCC found that he made 96,758,223 illegal spoofed robocalls during a three-month period in 2016.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On April 5, 2019, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced sentences for eight defendants in a telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly victims with phony business "investments." Sentences ranged from four months to 87 months in prison.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Eight defendants have received prison sentences in Atlanta for their roles in an India-based call center scheme that impersonated the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and offered fictitious payday loans.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On August 31, 2016, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that a federal jury in Chicago convicted Sundae Williams, 47, of South Holland, Illinois.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Callers in India. Victims across America. Checks mailed to Brooklyn.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
On March 7, 2025, federal prosecutors in Charlotte, North Carolina, announced that Bikramjit Ahluwalia, 39, had been extradited from Spain to face charges in an alleged tech support fraud scheme.
Analysis · Consent & revocation
Four consumers have filed a proposed class action against Albertsons Companies, Inc. alleging that it continued sending marketing texts after they opted out, including after it sent confirmations that they would not receive any more messages.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
But in this case, the "organized crime" was a phone scam. Calls to grandparents. Fake emergencies. And money moved through cryptocurrency.
Case analysis · Litigation & decisions
ACT, the nonprofit behind the college admissions test, sent three one-page faxes to a small private high school in 2012.
Analysis · Litigation & decisions
Usually in these stories, the senior is the victim. This time the guy who got sentenced is 79.
Analysis · Calls & text messages
I love guitars. I really do. But I don't love getting 58 texts about them from a company I've never bought anything from.
