Enforcement of the Do Not Call Registry
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 151 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, robocall, spoofed caller ID, and assisting and facilitating violations. To date, 147 of these FTC enforcement actions have been resolved, and in those cases the agency has recovered over $178 million in civil penalties and $112 million in restitution or disgorgement.
- Response Tree, LLC ( )
- EduTrek, LLC ( )
- XCast Labs, Inc., U.S. v. ( )
- Viceroy Media Solutions ( )
- Solar XChange, U.S. v. ( )
- Life Management Services, Inc. ( )
- Stratics Networks ( )
- First American Payment Systems, LP ( )
- VOIP Terminator, Inc. , U.S. v. ( )
- Jason Cardiff (Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.) ( )
- XCast Labs, Inc., FTC v. ( )
- Deltracon, Inc., FTC v. ( )
- Lifewatch Inc. ( )
- 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle LLC ( )
- Grand Bahama Cruise Line, LLC ( )
- Educare Centre Services, Inc. ( )
- Career Education Corporation ( )
- Dish Network L.L.C. ( )
- Pointbreak Media, LLC ( )
- First Choice Horizon LLC ( )
- FTC Implements New Protections for Businesses Against Telemarketing Fraud and Affirms Protections Against AI-enabled Scam Calls ( )
- FTC Issues Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry ( )
- California-based Lead Generator Agrees to Settlement Banning It from Making or Assisting Others in Making Telemarketing Calls, Including Robocalls ( )
- FTC Releases Annual Do Not Call Registry Data Book Showing Consumer Complaints Continued to Decrease in Fiscal Year 2023 ( )
- Court Rules in FTC’s Favor in Case Against Telemarketing Company that Bombarded Job Seekers with Millions of Illegal, Unsolicited Calls ( )
- FTC, Law Enforcers Nationwide Announce Enforcement Sweep to Stem the Tide of Illegal Telemarketing Calls to U.S. Consumers ( )
- FTC Sues to Stop VoIP Service Provider That Assisted and Facilitated Telemarketers in Sending Hundreds of Millions of Illegal Robocalls to Consumers Nationwide ( )
- FTC Sues to Stop Interconnected Web of VoIP Service Providers Carrying Robocalls Pitching Phony Debt Relief Services ( )
- FTC Releases Updated Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Impersonator Fraud Tops List of Consumer Complaints ( )
- Federal Trade Commission Proposes Small Business Protections Against Telemarketing Tricks and Traps ( )
- Federal Court Rules in Favor of FTC, Halting Illegal Tactics Used to Promote Smoking Cessation, Weight-Loss, and Sexual-Performance Aids ( )
- Operators of Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scam Permanently Banned from Debt Relief Business Under Settlement with the FTC and Florida Attorney General ( )
- FTC to VoIP Providers: Turn over Information for Robocall Investigations or Prepare to be Sued in Federal Court ( )
- FTC Issues Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry ( )
- FTC Releases 2021 Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Reports Registrations and Consumer Complaints Both Increased in FY 2021 ( )
- FTC Testifies before the Senate Special Committee on Aging About the Agency’s Work to Halt Practices that Prey on Older Americans ( )
- FTC Sends Nearly $30 Million in Refunds to People Tricked into Enrolling by School Operator’s Lead Generators ( )
- FTC Releases FY 2020 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book ( )
- Most Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry to Increase in FY 2021 ( )
- Scammers Who Used Robocalls to Target Cash-Strapped Consumers Banned from Selling Debt Relief Services and Telemarketing ( )
- Zapping Rachel Twitter ChatAugust 1, 2014
- Public Forum on Debt Relief Amendments to the Telemarketing Sales RuleNovember 4, 2009
- Public Forum on the Telemarketing Sales Rule: "Do-Not-Call"January 11, 2000
- Statement of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya, Joined by Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter ( )
- Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson Regarding the Issuance of Two Omnibus Compulsory Process Resolutions ( )
- Statement of Andrew Smith, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, at Operation Call It Quits Press Conference ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Abusive Robocalls and How We Can Stop Them,” Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate ( )
- FTC-FCC Joint Policy Forum on Fighting the Scourge of Illegal Robocalls ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: "Still Ringing Off the Hook: An Update on Efforts To Combat Robocalls," Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate ( )
- Remarks of Bureau of Consumer Protection Acting Director Thomas B. Pahl ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled “Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?” ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2023 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2021 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2020 ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007: The Operation of the National Do Not Call Registry During Fiscal Year 2018 and Fiscal Year 2019 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2019 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2018 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2017 ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007: The Operation of the National Do Not Call Registry During Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017 ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, FY 2014 and 2015 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2015 ( )
- National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book for Fiscal Year 2014 ( )
- The National Do-Not-Call Registry Biennial Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2012- 2013, Pursuant to the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 ( )
- The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book for Fiscal Year 2013 ( )
- The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book for Fiscal Year 2012 ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, FY 2010 and 2011 ( )
- The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011 ( )
- The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book For Fiscal Year 2010 ( )
- Biennial Report to Congress Pursuant to the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, FY 2009 ( )
- The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book For Fiscal Year 2009 ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Abusive Robocalls and How We Can Stop Them,” Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: "Still Ringing Off the Hook: An Update on Efforts To Combat Robocalls," Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled “Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?” ( )