Media Advisory
FTC and Federal and State Partners to Announce Nationwide Robocall and Telemarketing Enforcement Sweep in Chicago on July 18
| WHAT: | The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with 101 federal and state law enforcers, will announce “Operation Stop Scam Calls,” a joint-agency crackdown on telemarketers, lead generators, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers responsible for making or facilitating billions of illegal telemarketing calls. |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, July 18, 10:30 am CDT (11:30 am EDT) |
| WHERE: | FTC Midwest Region Office 230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3030 Chicago, Illinois 60604 |
| WHO: |
The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Samuel Levine, will be joined by:
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Contact information will be available for all other federal and state enforcers participating in the sweep at the event and online.
MEDIA CALL-IN LINE: Call-in lines will be available to media only and will be open 15 minutes before the press conference begins. The call-in number is:
1-844-291-5494, and the confirmation number is 726585.
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