---
title: Dish Network Ordered to Pay $280M in ‘Robocall’ Lawsuit
metaTitle: "Dish 280m Robocall Fine"
slug: dish-280m-robocall-fine
date: "2017-06-05T20:53:58-05:00"
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sourcePublisher:
  name: CNET
  url: cnet.co
sourceArticle:
  url: "http://cnet.co/2suD4PB"
legacySlug: dish-network-ordered-to-pay-280m-in-robocall-lawsuit
tags: [Do Not Call, FCC, Robocalls]
status: published
---

June 5, 2017

Dish Network has been ordered to pay $280 million in penalties as part of an 8-year-old “robocall” telemarketing lawsuit.

US District Judge Sue Myerscough for the Central Illinois District ordered the satellite television provider to pay $168 million to the US government and $112 million to four states for violating laws regarding the national Do Not Call registry. The number of calls amounted to “millions and millions,” Myerscough wrote in her 475-page ruling...