Technology

A couple of guys from Texas who have been banned and fined before but just keep ignoring the Feds and spamming anyway. But this part caught my eye:

Cox was banned from telemarketing in a 2013 settlement with the FTC, which accused him of sending "illegal robocalls offering credit card interest rate reduction programs, extended automobile warranties, and home security systems." At the time, the FTC said that Cox was issued "a $1.1 million civil penalty that will be suspended due to his inability to pay."

In 2017, the FTC obtained a similar telemarketing ban on Jones. He was also fined $2.7 million, but, as with Cox, the fine was "suspended based on his inability to pay."

Unfortunately, the fines have never been collected, per the article... and so the robocalls continue.

I thought, finally some regulation... Only to read the fine can't be collected because "inability to pay" over their robo call operations.

I think US has dropped to ball trying to hold criminals accountable, and we just end up taking our frustration out on the powerless by throwing the book at them and acting tough.

Seriously, stop dancing around with fines and fees already. They're never going to pay them. You're better off just sending a police team to raid their offices and operation before promptly jailing them.