U.S. sues firm over Do Not Call list
The suit, filed in federal court in Nevada, charges Braglia Marketing Group with making more than 300,000 telephone calls to people on the Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission said.
The lawsuit was filed by the Justice Department at the request of the FTC.
Braglia makes sales calls on behalf of real estate developers selling time share resort properties in Atlantic City, N.J., the FTC said.
Representatives of Braglia could not be reached for comment.
Americans have placed more than 63 million home and mobile telephone numbers on the Do Not Call list, which went into effect on Oct. 1, 2003.
Telemarketers can face penalties of up to $11,000 per call for violating the Do Not Call list, although enforcement rules vary as jurisdiction is split between the FTC and the Federal Communications Commission.
Charitable and political callers are free to call numbers on the list as long as they respect consumer requests not to be called back.
In December, the FTC warned a California mortgage company to stop calling households on the national Do Not Call Registry, the first time a telemarketer has been taken to task for violating the program.
