Tennessee AG launches Operation Robocall Roundup

From TN.gov: On Thursday, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a bipartisan, multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. Attorney General Skrmetti and 50 attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 telecommunications companies demanding that they stop routing illegal robocalls through their networks.  

“Tennesseans should be able to answer their phones without being harassed or targeted by scammers,” said Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. “These companies failed to meet the most basic requirements to prevent illegal robocalls, essentially rolling out the red carpet for bad actors. Our bipartisan coalition is demanding that they clean up their networks and stop facilitating these scams.”

The 37 companies have failed to comply with one or more federal anti-robocall requirements, such as responding to government requests to trace illegal calls, registering with required federal databases, or filing mandatory plans outlining how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network. By disregarding these simple rules, these companies are opening the door for scammers to use their networks to route robocalls to Tennessee consumers.

The task force is also notifying 99 other telecommunications companies that accept call traffic from the 37 non-compliant companies, alerting them that they are doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow federal anti-robocall rules.  

The FCC announced that it will be removing seven of the 37 non-compliant companies from the Robocall Mitigation Database, meaning other telecom companies will no longer be allowed to accept and route any calls from the networks receiving letters.

In 2022, 51 attorneys general joined forces to create the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. 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.

The 37 providers receiving warning letters are:

1. Advantage Investors LLC 
2. Alpha Stream 
3. Ananya Traders LLC 
4. Ariyan Khan 
5. BBT Voice Private Limited 
6. Belthrough 
7. BPO VoIP 
8. Collection 3 LLC 
9. Communications and Telephone Systems Co. 
10. Dial Vista Corp. 
11. DigitalOcean, LLC 
12. Dtel Network LLC 
13. End Zone Financial Services 
14. EON Telecom Inc. 
15. Family Communication Inc. 
16. Fiber Flux VOIP 
17. First Tele Communications Inc. 
18. Flow VOIP LLC 
19. Globe Tech Solutions 
20. Higher Response Marketing, Inc. 
21. HK KwaiFong Group Limited 
22. Infinity SIP LLC 
23. Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD 
24. Mexico IP Phones LLC 
25. Nexusphere VOIP LLC 
26. Pleedex LLC 
27. Quantum Link VOIP LLC 
28. Ringnition 
29. SK Teleco LLC 
30. SkyPulse VOIP 
31. Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC 
32. Telnextrix LLC 
33. Terra Voip 
34. TheVisionConnect 
35. Tiera Enterprises LLC 
36. Voip Torque 
37.  Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice