From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   by J. Tyson Covey - July 27, 2022   
      
   In its latest salvo to combat illegal robocalling, the FCC proposed a   
   $116 million fine for an alleged scheme mixing robocalling with   
   traffic pumping to fund telephone denial of service attacks (TDoS)   
   against other companies. In the Matter of Thomas Dorsher, ChariTel   
   Inc., Ontel Inc., and ScammerBlaster Inc., Notice of Apparent   
   Liability, FCC 22-57 (rel. July 14, 2022). The alleged scheme at issue   
   involved Thomas Dorsher, ChariTel Inc., Ontel Inc., and ScammerBlaster   
   Inc.   
      
   As the FCC described it, in a two-month period at the start of 2021,   
   ChariTel made about 10 million prerecorded voice message calls   
   (robocalls) to toll free numbers without the recipients' consent. If   
   the recipient did not terminate the call, these robocalls would play   
   the prerecorded message continuously for up to 10 hours, effectively   
   taking a line out of service and costing the toll free service   
   provider an opportunity to talk to actual customers on that   
   line. Ironically, the robocalls at issue purported to be public   
   service announcements to warn against scam calls, and encouraged   
   recipients to report such calls.   
      
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