{"id":43504,"date":"2024-01-02T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/xcast-labs-will-be-banned-from-supporting-illegal-telemarketing-practices-to-settle-ftc-charges-it-assisted-and-facilitated-in-sending-hundreds-of-millions-of-illegal-robocalls\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T19:37:33","slug":"xcast-labs-will-be-banned-from-supporting-illegal-telemarketing-practices-to-settle-ftc-charges-it-assisted-and-facilitated-in-sending-hundreds-of-millions-of-illegal-robocalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/finance\/xcast-labs-will-be-banned-from-supporting-illegal-telemarketing-practices-to-settle-ftc-charges-it-assisted-and-facilitated-in-sending-hundreds-of-millions-of-illegal-robocalls\/","title":{"rendered":"XCast Labs Will Be Banned from Supporting Illegal Telemarketing Practices to Settle FTC Charges It Assisted and Facilitated in Sending Hundreds of Millions of Illegal Robocalls"},"content":{"rendered":"
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider XCast Labs, Inc., agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it funneled hundreds of millions of illegal robocalls through its network, even after receiving multiple warnings about the unlawful conduct. <\/span><\/p>\n Under the proposed court order, XCast Labs will be required to implement a screening process and end its relationships with firms that are not complying with telemarketing-related laws. The Department of Justice litigated the case and filed the proposed order on the FTC\u2019s behalf. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cXCast was warned several times that illegal robocallers were using its services and did nothing,\u201d said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection. \u201cCompanies that turn a blind eye to illegal robocalling should expect to hear from the FTC.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s order is another example of the Justice Department\u2019s efforts to protect American consumers from illegal robocalls and to stop telecommunications providers from enabling those calls,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division. \u201cWe will continue to work with the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule.\u201d<\/p>\n XCast Labs, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a nationwide provider of VoIP technology, providing services that allow its customers to send and receive phone calls, including robocalls, over the internet. Telemarketers who blast illegal robocalls typically use VoIP service providers like XCast Labs to transmit their calls.<\/p>\n According to the May 2023 complaint<\/a>, the FTC sent letters to several VoIP providers, including XCast Labs, in early 2020 warning them that assisting and facilitating illegal telemarketing or robocalling is against the law. XCast Labs received dozens of \u201ctraceback\u201d inquiries from US Telecom\u2019s Industry Traceback Group regarding suspected illegal calls that originated on XCast Labs\u2019 network, as well as inquiries from law enforcement agencies about transmission of suspected illegal traffic on the XCast Labs network.<\/p>\n Even after receiving these direct warnings, XCast Labs transmitted illegal robocalls to consumers. The FTC also discovered that many of these suspect robocalls were part of organized campaigns to generate telemarketing leads by impersonating officials from the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n