Nessel launches Operation Robocall Roundup, issues warning letters to 37 telecom companies

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country.

As part of the initiative, Attorney General Nessel and 50 bipartisan attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being routed through their networks.  

“Operation Robocall Roundup will help ensure voice service providers do their part to stop illegal robocalls,” Nessel said. “I look forward to continuing to work with the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to protect people from these persistent and intrusive calls.”

These providers haven’t complied with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules about responding to government traceback requests, haven’t registered in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Databases, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network. By disregarding these simple rules, these companies are allowing robocallers onto their phone networks and then passing their calls on to other downstream providers until they reach the phones of Michigan residents.  

The task force is also sending the letters to more than 100 downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies, so that they know they’re doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow the rules that apply to everyone equally.  

The FCC is also taking a close look at several of these companies. It announced yesterday that it will be removing seven of these providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, which means that other providers will no longer be allowed to accept and route any calls from their networks.   

The voice service providers receiving warning letters are: 

Advantage Investors LLC 
Alpha Stream 
Ananya Traders LLC 
Ariyan Khan 
BBT Voice Private Limited 
Belthrough 
BPO VoIP 
Collection 3 LLC 
Communications and Telephone Systems Co. 
Dial Vista Corp. 
DigitalOcean, LLC 
Dtel Network LLC 
End Zone Financial Services 
EON Telecom Inc. 
Family Communication Inc. 
Fiber Flux VOIP 
First Tele Communications Inc. 
Flow VOIP LLC 
Globe Tech Solutions 
Higher Response Marketing, Inc. 
HK KwaiFong Group Limited 
Infinity SIP LLC 
Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD 
Mexico IP Phones LLC 
Nexusphere VOIP LLC 
Pleedex LLC 
Quantum Link VOIP LLC 
Ringnition 
SK Teleco LLC 
SkyPulse VOIP 
Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC 
Telnextrix LLC 
Terra Voip 
TheVisionConnect 
Tiera Enterprises LLC 
Voip Torque 
Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice

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.

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