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title: A telemarketer made about 21 million robocalls in 3 months. The FCC just fined it $82 million.
metaTitle: "21m Robocalls 82m Fine"
slug: 21m-robocalls-82m-fine
date: "2018-09-26T20:02:19-05:00"
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sourcePublisher:
  name: Washington Post
legacySlug: a-telemarketer-made-about-21-million-robocalls-in-3-months-the-fcc-just-fined-it-82-million
tags: [FCC, Robocalls]
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September 26, 2018

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday imposed an $82 million fine against a telemarketer who made more than 21 million unsolicited calls to consumers to try to sell health insurance and generate leads.

Over a three-month period beginning in late 2016, Philip Roesel and his companies made more than 200,000 calls every day, the FCC said, using a technique known as spoofing in which a person’s caller ID displays a number that is different from the one the caller is using…