Utah News Dispatch
Utah joins multi-state robocall crackdown, issues warnings to these 37 telecom companies
The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force was created in 2022 when all 51 attorneys general joined forces to tackle illegal robocalls. (Getty Images)
Utah has joined 51 other attorneys general in an effort called Operation Robocall Roundup — a multistate crackdown on illegal robocalls.
The Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Finance, which works with the Utah Attorney General’s Office to investigate and enforce the state’s consumer protection laws involving robocalls, announced on Thursday that Utah is joining the national effort.
“The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force is sending warning letters to 37 voice providers, demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls from routing through their networks,” the Division of Consumer Protection said in a news release.
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The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force was created in 2022 when all 51 attorneys general joined forces to tackle illegal robocalls. The task force investigates and takes legal action against companies responsible for big volumes of illegal and fraudulent robocalls that are routed into and across the U.S. It’s led by North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Those 37 companies — which the division listed by name — haven’t complied with Federal Communications Commission rules about responding to government traceback requests, haven’t registered with the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Databases, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network, according to state officials.
“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 Utahns,” the Utah’s commerce division said.
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
State officials also said the task force is also sending letters to 99 “downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies, so that they know they are doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow the rules that apply to everyone equally. ”
Several of these companies are also being scrutinized by the FCC, according to the division. Last week, it announced that it will remove seven of those providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, which means that other providers will no longer be able to accept and route calls from their networks.
The Utah Division of Consumer Protection — which is tasked with safeguarding Utahns from illegal robocalls and other consumer protection issues — encouraged Utahns to visit its website for more details or to file a complaint.
