Telecom Company Sued by Multiple States for Making Billions of Illegal Robocalls to Do Not Call Registry

Attorneys general from across the US have filed a lawsuit against Avid Telecom, its owner Michael D. Lansky and company vice president Stacey S. Reeves, accusing them of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The lawsuit alleges that Avid Telecom used spoofed or invalid caller ID numbers, including more than 8.4 million calls that appeared to be coming from government and law enforcement agencies as well as private companies. The company also allegedly sent or transmitted scam calls about the Social Security Administration, Medicare, Amazon and DirecTV, as well as auto warranties, employment and credit card interest rate reductions.