The United States government agency which oversees consumer affairs has warned Americans of the continued rise in money-bilking robocalls relating to COVID-19.
Regulators are proposing a nearly $13 million fine against a podcaster who they say illegally hid the origin of automated phone calls that used the slaying of an Iowa college student and election campaigns in other states to promote white nationalist and anti-Semitic messages.
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Thursday that he and 51 other attorneys general, as well as 12 phone companies, have agreed to fight illegal robocalls.