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Feds, States Shut Down Charity Telefunding Fraud March 9, 2021 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia D.C., stopped a massive telefunding operation that hit 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion allegedly deceptive charitable fundraising calls. Most of the calls were illegal robocalls.  The defendants collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitations.  Associated Community Services (ACS) and related defendants have agreed to settle charges by the FTC and state agencies that they duped donors into giving to ...

ATLANTA – Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, along with the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 37 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation

Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Federal Trade Commission, along with regulators from 38 states and the District of Columbia, announced a settlement with 13 defendants over a national charitable fundraising operation that bombarded 67 million individuals across the country with approximately 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls, most of which were illegal robocalls.

AG Kaul Joins FTC, 38 States, and D.C. to Shut Down Massive Charity Fraud Telefunding Operation Defendants placed more than 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls, nearly 43 million in Wisconsin—most illegal robocalls— claiming to support veterans, children, firefighters By Josh Kaul - Mar 5th, 2021 09:31 am MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul, along with the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive c...

By Brendan LaChance on March 4, 2021 (Shutterstock) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Unit said Thursday that the Wyoming AG has joined the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia to stop “a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion unsolicited and deceptive charitable fundraising calls.” “Together, the organizations and individuals involved collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitations, making more than 3.7 million deceptive calls to ...