Charged telemarketing firm releases voice recordings
CBC.ca
A Montreal telemarketing firm charged with defrauding small businesses has posted voice recordings online it says show the disputed transactions are legitimate — but the customers involved say the recordings are fakes. Police raided the offices of …

Regulators hang up on robo-calls
Los Angeles Times
By James S. Granelli Los Angeles Times Got your cellphones and your landline phones on the nation's Do Not Call list, but you're still getting telemarketing calls at dinner time? Especially those aggravating automated robo-calls?
Regulators crack down on telemarketing pitches
FCC approves new limits on automated telemarketing calls
FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Written Consent for Telemarketing “Robocalls”
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Do Not Call's worst loophole? Political candidates
Baltimore Sun (blog)
It suggested that the Federal Communications Commission is clamping down and closing many of the loopholes in the telemarketing rules. Unfortunately, the FCC will not close one of the most egregious loopholes — namely the one allowing "political" …
FCC Updates Automated/Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules to Mirror FTC …
New FCC rules protect you from telemarketing robocalls
It may a while before impact of robocall ruling is felt in Kalamazoo
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Montreal telemarketers in fraud case still making calls
CBC.ca
CBC News has learned that no government agency has taken legal action to try to stop a Montreal-based telemarketing company accused of defrauding thousands of small businesses. Express Transaction Services Inc. (ETS) and some affiliated companies face …

Charged telemarketing firm may have BC victims
CBC.ca
A CBC News investigation has revealed that a Montreal telemarketing company is continuing to operate despite facing more than two dozen charges — and some BC businesses might have fallen victim to the company's alleged tactics. Royal Oak Pet Clinic, …
Montreal telemarketer facing fraud charges just keeps on calling

FCC establishes new rules for automated telemarketing calls
FierceTelecom
Telemarketers may now have a harder time interrupting unsuspecting consumers with automated calls during dinner time as the FCC has put forth rules that will require them to get written consent. Under the proposed rules, telemarketers will only able to …
New FCC rules curb automated telemarketing calls
FCC beefs up rules for 'do not call'
Regulators crack down on telemarketing pitches
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New FCC rules curb automated telemarketing calls
Los Angeles Times
(Mark Wilson, Getty Images / February 1, 2012) By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Those aggravating automated telemarketing calls will be interrupting your dinner a lot less often. After receiving thousands of complaints from consumers, …
Regulators crack down on telemarketing pitches
FCC Cracks Down on Robocalls
FCC approves new limits on automated telemarketing calls
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Controversial Telemarketing Empire Puts Focus on South Florida Couple
NBC 6 Miami
By Jeff Burnside A South Florida man and his wife are at the center of criminal investigations, and allegations of widespread fraudulent telemarketing targeting people and their bank accounts nationwide. But several of Michael Mouyal's own …

Police and Fire: Attempted fraud in telemarketing call
Battle Creek Enquirer
ATTEMPTED FRAUD: A Battle Creek woman, 65, told Battle Creek police Monday that a woman called her Jan. 6 offering a two-week trial subscription to the Battle Creek Enquirer. The caller then wanted the woman's Social Security number.

Research and Markets: 2012 U.S. Telemarketing Services Industry – Industry …
Bradenton Herald
Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f6f136/2012_u_s_telemark) has announced the addition of the "2012 US Telemarketing Services Industry-Industry & Market Report" report to their offering. The Telemarketing Services …