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FTC Fines Three Marketers For Violating Do Not Call Rules

  • MSNBC, Thursday, November 8, 2007 12:31 PM
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced multimillion-dollar penalties against lender Ameriquest Mortgage, adjustable bed seller Craftmatic Industries, and home alarm firm ADT Security Services for violations of the Do Not Call list rules.

The agency alleged that Craftmatic obtained consumers' phone numbers through sweepstakes entries, then placed tens of thousands of calls to entrants who were on the Do Not Call list. The company and three of its subsidiaries agreed to pay $4.4 million--the second-largest Do Not Call penalty ever--to settle the charges.

ADT agreed to pay slightly more than $2 million to settle charges that two of its authorized dealers--Alarm King and Direct Security Services--placed telemarketing calls to consumers on the list. Ameriquest was fined $1 million after the FTC found the firm had purchased consumers' numbers from "lead generation" companies.

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