Federal prosecutors in southwestern Illinois say they’re planning to take legal action against a telemarketer who sold extended auto-service contracts. The U.S. attorney’s office in southern Illinois says it’ll detail the move during a court hearing Monday afternoon in East St. Louis. Get the full story »
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FTC sues companies for making ‘robocalls’
By Alejandra Cancino | The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it has sued companies
that allegedly made millions of prerecorded calls offering to extend
auto warranties and lower credit card rates to consumers nationwide.
One was filed in Illinois May 24 against three companies that “operate
as a common enterprise”: Los Angeles-based SBN Peripherals Inc., Asia
Pacific Telecom Inc. and Repo B.V. The other was filed in Florida June
2 against Miami-based Dolce Group Worldwide LLC.
