Consumer Confidential: FCC slaps a huge fine on telemarketer caught 'spoofing,' but the industry still needs to step up
Federal authorities say it's an open-and-shut case. They say they caught an Arizona company "spoofing" phone numbers to make millions of telemarketing calls that falsely appeared on caller ID screens to be from local residents.
The Federal Communications Commission is so sure of its joint investigation with the Federal Trade Commission that it announced a proposed $37.5 million fine in the case.
"This is the commission's first major enforcement action against a company that apparently commandeered consumers' phone numbers," the FCC declared.
I don't doubt that authorities have uncovered something. But when I tracked down the various players in
