Alleged Robocaller to Consumers Listed in Do Not Call Registry Settles With FTC
Justin Ramsey, who allegedly ran telemarketing operations that made millions of robocalls to consumers listed on the National Do Not Call Registry (see 1701130076), settled with the FTC, said the commission in a Thursday news release. Commissioners voted 2-0 to…
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authorize staff to file the proposed stipulated court order that permanently bans Ramsey and his company, Prime Marketing, from placing calls to consumers to sell products and services, initiating calls to numbers listed on the registry and selling data lists containing those numbers. The order was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Ramsey and his company also will pay a $2.2 million civil penalty, which will be suspended upon payment of $65,000, said the FTC. "The full judgment will become due if they are later found to have misrepresented their financial condition," it added. The FTC's January complaint alleged Ramsey and several co-defendants made the robocalls in 2012 and 2013 and then Ramsey, through his new company, continued to make calls from 2014 through 2016. The other defendants previously settled with the FTC, the agency said. Ramsey couldn't be reached for comment.