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FCC fines Montana man $9.9 million for racist robocalls

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. The FCC leveled a nearly $10 million fine against a Montana man who it said made racist and threatening robocalls. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The FCC fined Scott Rhodes $9.9 million for making thousands of racist and threatening robocalls. Targets of the calls included Black and Jewish politicians, as well as a murder victim's family. "In this instance, not only were the calls unlawful, but the caller took them to new levels of egregiousness," the FCC said. The Federal Communications Commission said it fined a Montana man $9.9 million for making racist and threatening robocalls that targeted Black and Jewish politicians, the family of a murder victim, and residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, in an attempt to influence a jury in a murder case against an avowed neo-Nazi.

Montana man fined $9.9 million by the FCC for making thousands of racist and threatening robocalls

Montana man fined $9.9 million by the FCC for making thousands of racist and threatening robocalls INSIDER 2/1/2021 kvlamis@businessinsider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) © Provided by INSIDER The FCC leveled a nearly $10 million fine against a Montana man who it said made racist and threatening robocalls. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The FCC fined Scott Rhodes $9.9 million for making thousands of racist and threatening robocalls. Targets of the calls included Black and Jewish politicians, as well as a murder victim's family. "In this instance, not only were the calls unlawful, but the caller took them to new levels of egregiousness," the FCC said. The Federal Communications Commission said it fined a Montana man $9.9 million for making racist and threatening robocalls that targeted Black and Jewish politicians, the family of a murder victim, and residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, in an attempt to influence a jury in a murder case against an avowed neo-Nazi.

FCC slaps ex-Idaho Nazi sympathizer with $10 million fine for racist robocalls

1 of 2 FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, a poster for then missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts hangs in the window of a local business in Brooklyn, Iowa. Regulators are proposing a nearly $13 million fine against Scott Rhodes, who they say illegally hid the origin of automated phone calls that used the slaying of Tibbetts, and election campaigns in other states to promote white nationalist and anti-Semitic messages. The Federal Communications Commission said in a news release Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, Rhodes violated the Truth in Caller ID Act, which bars the manipulation of caller ID information. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Former Sandpoint man fined nearly $10M for racist robo-calls

Former Sandpoint man fined nearly $10M for racist robo-calls The FCC fined Scott Rhodes $9.9 million for illegally using a caller-ID spoofing platform to target specific communities with harmful pre-recorded messages. Credit: Screenshot via Daily Bee/File Scott Rhodes is pictured when he was a Sandpoint resident. Author: Keith Kinnaird (Bonner County Daily Bee) Published: 12:03 PM PST January 25, 2021 Updated: 12:32 PM PST January 25, 2021 SANDPOINT, Idaho — The Federal Communications Commission is again fining a former Sandpoint resident accused of making malicious robo-calls in Idaho and five other states, as reported by KREM 2's news partner the Bonner County Daily Bee. The FCC fined Scott Rhodes $9.9 million for illegally using a caller-identification spoofing platform to target specific communities with harmful pre-recorded messages. The robo-calls included xenophobic, fear mongering and racist attacks on political candidates. Rhodes, also known as Scott Platek, is further accused of attempting to influence jurors in a domestic terrorism case and aiming threats at Sandpoint Reader journalist Ben Olson.