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DESCRIPTION:Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against an Ind
 iana company that allegedly acted as a gateway into the United States for 
 robocallers in India\, the Philippines and Singapore. The company\, Starte
 l Communication LLC\, was owned and operated in Evansville by Wanda Hall a
 nd Abhijit Chowdhury\, an Indian national.\n\nThese robocallers allegedly 
 made over 4.8 million phone calls to Hoosiers and hundreds of millions of 
 calls to other states across the United States. The robocallers allegedly 
 operated a variety of scams\, including IRS and Social Security Administra
 tion imposter scams\, legal action or arrest scams\, computer support scam
 s\, Apple support scams\, and Amazon subscription scams.\n\n“Hoosiers ar
 e sick and tired of being harassed by illegal and unwanted robocalls\, and
  Kathy and I are two of them\,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Just as
  I promised\, we will stay on the offense in our efforts to protect Indian
 a consumers and bring these people to justice.”\n\nThis lawsuit is part 
 of Attorney General Rokita’s crackdown on providers that knowingly profi
 t from robocalls. The investigation started with a few consumer complaints
  and took over a year to complete.\n\nThe suit also includes two Californi
 a companies — Piratel LLC\, which routed 3.1 million of the robocalls\, 
 and VoIP Essential LLC\, which routed 1.5 million of the robocalls. Both c
 ompanies knew Startel was sending robocalls\, and they were each paid more
  than $100\,000 to look the other way.\n\nOf the Hoosiers who were called\
 , more than 780\,000 of them were on the federal Do Not Call Registry and 
 over 605\,000 were on the Indiana Do Not Call list.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges
  the companies and individuals committed millions of violations of federal
  and Indiana law\, with potential fines in the billions.\n\nAttorney Gener
 al Rokita offers the following tips to avoid scams and unwanted calls:\n\n
 Be wary of callers who specifically ask you to pay by gift card or crypto-
 currency (Bitcoin). For example\, the IRS does not accept iTunes gift card
 s.Look out for prerecorded calls from government agencies you were not exp
 ecting. Typically\, the IRS and SSA do not call people.If you suspect frau
 dulent activity\, do not provide any personal information and end the call
 .Contact the Consumer Protection Division at 1-888-834-9969 or donotcall@a
 tg.in.gov.Add your number to the Indiana Do Not Call List at https://www.i
 ndonotcall.org/File a Do Not Call or Text complaint here: https://www.in.g
 ov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/file-a-complaint/do-not-ca
 lltext-complaint/Click here to see a video message from Attorney General R
 okita.
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SUMMARY:Attorney General Todd Rokita files lawsuit against alleged robocall
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