The US Federal Communications Commission is stepping up its efforts to Crackdown on illegal robocalls that were bothering Americans. After sending several cease and desist letters to one offender in particular, the agency ordered their calls to be completely blocked by US telephone operators.
In what the FCC claims is its first-ever “automated blocking request,” the agency cut incoming calls into the country by One Eye, the so-called gateway provider that funnels international traffic to US operators.
An investigation revealed that One Eye is the successor to a company called PZ/Illum Telecommunication, which shut down after the FCC enforcement office sent it a cease and desist order in October 2021 to stop illegal robocalls. One eye was a “heir entity” He served his cease and desist order from the agency back in February, and is now banned from sending calls to people in the US.
“We can and will continue to shut down providers that assist fraudsters,” said Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Chair. press release Thursday. “Because these spam calls are not only annoying, they are illegal, and facilitating them is worth serious consequences.”
The agency said it gave One Eye multiple opportunities to stop facilitating illegal robocalls, escalate from its cease and desist order to encourage other gateway providers to stop carrying One Eye calls and issue a final warning before ordering US phone operators to block its traffic.
“The Office of Enforcement team has built a fair, transparent, and tough process by which we can essentially shut down access to US communications networks by companies like One Eye that target consumers with illegal robocalls,” said FCC Office of Law Enforcement Chief Louian Egal. In a press release.
While the FCC has been battling robocalls for years, the agency He issued a new directive in March 2022 To focus on those coming to US networks through gateway providers – making them responsible for harassment and scams targeting Americans. As a result, the FCC stopped robocalls targeting homeowners for predatory mortgages, an 88% drop per month in robocalls for student loan fraud, and a 99% drop in auto warranty fraud calls. The agency’s actions may lead to Death of some memesalso.
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