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Feds Get Hundreds Of Thousands Of Complaints From Ohio About 'Do Not Call' Violations

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 28, 2017 at 5:21 AM EST
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The Federal Trade Commission says nearly 277 thousand Ohioans complained about violations of the Do Not Call registry this year.  That's a 40 percent increase over 2016.  The Commission says the majority of the illegal sales calls appear to be computer-generated "robocalls."
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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