Attorney General Todd Rokita launches Operation Robocall Roundup, issuing warnings to 37 telecom companies

Attorney General Todd Rokita recently launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, which his office co-leads, to crack down on robocalls nationwide. The task force is sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls from being routed through their networks.  

“These annoying and illegal robocallers are relentless in disrupting Hoosiers’ lives and, worse, trying to steal their personal information and hard-earned money,” said Attorney General Rokita. “As we work to bring these scammers to justice and protect Indiana families, we must have the telecom industry’s involvement in shutting them down.”  

Operation Robocall Roundup represents the combined efforts of 51 bipartisan attorneys general who joined forces in 2022 to create the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. Attorney General Rokita leads the task force along with North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. 

The targeted providers haven’t complied with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules about responding to government traceback requests, haven’t registered in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Databases, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network. 

By disregarding these simple rules, these companies are allowing robocallers onto their phone networks and then passing their calls on to other downstream providers until they reach the phones of Hoosiers. 

The task force is also sending the letters to over 100 downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies — so that they know they’re doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow the rules that apply to everyone equally.   

The FCC is also taking a close look at several of these companies. It announced this week that it will be removing seven of these providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, which means that other providers will no longer be allowed to accept and route any calls from their networks.    

The voice service providers receiving warning letters are:  

Advantage Investors LLC   Alpha Stream   Ananya Traders LLC   Ariyan Khan   BBT Voice Private Limited   Belthrough   BPO VoIP   Collection 3 LLC   Communications and Telephone Systems Co.   Dial Vista Corp.   DigitalOcean, LLC   Dtel Network LLC   End Zone Financial Services   EON Telecom Inc.   Family Communication Inc.   Fiber Flux VOIP   First Tele Communications Inc.   Flow VOIP LLC   Globe Tech Solutions   Higher Response Marketing, Inc.   HK KwaiFong Group Limited   Infinity SIP LLC   Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD   Mexico IP Phones LLC   Nexusphere VOIP LLC   Pleedex LLC   Quantum Link VOIP LLC   Ringnition   SK Teleco LLC   SkyPulse VOIP   Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC   Telnextrix LLC   Terra Voip   TheVisionConnect   Tiera Enterprises LLC   Voip Torque    Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice  

The Task Force investigates and takes legal action against companies responsible for significant volumes of illegal and fraudulent robocall traffic routed into and across the United States.  

A headshot of Attorney General Rokita is available online. 
 

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