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Minnesota’s Keith Ellison joined 50 other attorneys general in sending warning letters to 37 telecom companies for failing to take action to stop illegal robocalls on their networks.
“Minnesotans are sick and tired of these calls, me included,” Ellison said in a statement on Thursday. “If these telecom companies do not comply with rules to prevent robocalls, I am prepared to hold them accountable.”
The effort is part of the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force — led by the attorneys general of North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio — which goes after companies that allow large volumes of illegal and fraudulent robocalls to reach Americans’ phones.
The letters threaten legal action if the companies don’t comply with Federal Communications Commission rules including that they register in the Robocall Mitigation Database, file a plan to reduce robocalls and respond to government traceback requests to identify the origin of phone calls.
The attorneys general also sent letters to 99 providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies to warn them against doing business with bad actors.
Minnesotans can submit complaints about robocalls to the Attorney General’s Office using this online form.
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