An Agoura Hills company accused of making tens of millions of illegal telemarketing calls selling worthless auto warranties and credit card interest rate reduction programs has been shut down, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.
A federal judge in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order against SBN Peripherals Inc. following a complaint made by the FTC. It accused the company of violating a number of its telemarketing rules, such as making unsolicited recorded telemarketing calls — also known as robocalls — to consumers who have not given their written consent to do so and to those listed on the national Do Not Call Registry.
A large portion of the alleged 370 million calls SBN made to consumers nationwide from April 2009 to February 2010 were robocalls, although the exact percentage is unknown. AT&T Inc. reported to the agency that the company made 2.4 million calls in just one day in April 2009.
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