![]() "Contrary to the allegations in the complaint, Avid Telecom operates in a manner that is compliant with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations," the company's attorney Neil Ende said in a statement. Such a blatant disregard for consumer protection laws will not be tolerated and violators of these laws will be held accountable.”Īvid Telecom denies all the states' claims. “More disturbingly, many of these calls are scams designed to pressure frightened consumers, often senior citizens, into handing over their hard-earned money. ![]() “Every day, countless Arizona consumers are harassed and annoyed by a relentless barrage of unwanted robocalls - and in some instances these illegal calls threaten consumers with lawsuits and arrest,” Mayes said in the statement. ![]() Scam calls were made impersonating organizations such as the Social Security Administration, Medicare, Amazon, DirecTV, auto warranty companies and credit card companies. More than 8.4 million calls were made to appear to come from government or law enforcement agencies and private companies, the attorneys general say. The states say in the lawsuit that many of the calls made through Avid Telecom used “spoofed” or invalid caller IDs to scam those who answered. But it also serves as an intermediate network provider to route telemarketing calls across the country. Nearly 200 million of those calls were made to Arizona phone numbers, according to a press release from the Arizona attorney general’s office.Īvid Telecom is a service provider that sells phone numbers, data, dialing software and expertise and advice to telemarketing companies. Between December 2018 and January 2023, plaintiffs say Avid Telecom facilitated 7.5 billion illegal automated phone calls to people on the do not call registry. Plaintiffs accuse Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky and its vice president Stacey Reeves of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule and 21 other federal and state telecommunication and consumer laws. The lawsuit, filed by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes in Arizona federal court, is joined by 48 attorneys general, excluding those from Alaska and South Dakota. The legal action stems from the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force made up of attorneys general from all 50 states as well Washington, D.C. The announcement was the first time the deal was publicly disclosed.PHOENIX (CN) - Arizona joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry. ![]() Idaho State Board of Education officials - acting in their capacity as regents for the University of Idaho - in May approved a $685 million proposal for U of I to buy the University of Phoenix, an Arizona-based for-profit university. The State Board of Education has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador that said the board violated the open meetings law when it secretly discussed acquiring the University of Phoenix.īoise attorney Trudy Hanson Fouser called Labrador’s complaint “meritless.” Labrador’s allegations are “not only legally and factually incorrect but unwisely prejudice the people’s access to the truth and needlessly undermine the people’s trust in government,” Fouser wrote in the motion filed last week. Last month, Labrador sued to void a decision by the University of Idaho’s Board of Regents to buy the University of Phoenix. Raul Labrador delivers his acceptance speech after winning the Idaho attorney general seat in November 2022. ![]()
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