SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Three Utah telemarketing companies and their owner have been ordered to pay approximately $500,000 for dialing phone numbers on the Do Not Call Registry nearly 100 million times and making more than 4 million additional calls that included misleading statements to induce the sale of DVDs.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby imposed the penalty Friday and also entered a permanent injunction that prohibits Forrest S. Baker III and his companies - Feature Films for Families Inc., Corporations for Character L.C. and Family Films of Utah Inc. - from engaging in deceptive and abusive telemarketing practices.
The judge’s order stems from a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice at the request of the Federal Trade Commission.
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The complaint went to trial in Salt Lake City’s federal court in May 2016.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com
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