PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that Arizona has joined a multistate crackdown on illegal robocalls as part of Operation Robocall Roundup, a coordinated effort by the bipartisan Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. Mayes and 50 other attorneys general issued warning letters to 37 voice providers that have failed to comply with federal rules aimed at stopping illegal robocall traffic.
“These telecom companies are knowingly allowing scam robocalls to be routed through their networks,” said Attorney General Mayes. “They’ve ignored basic federal requirements, and by doing so, they are enabling fraudsters to reach Arizonans’ phones. That stops now. My office will not tolerate companies that profit off robocalls while putting our residents at risk.”
The targeted providers have either failed to:
- Respond to FCC traceback requests,
- Register in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Database, or
- Submit a legally required mitigation plan to combat robocalls.
Because of these failures, these providers are allowing unlawful calls to enter the U.S. telephone system and ultimately reach Arizona consumers.
In addition to the warning letters to the 37 primary providers, the task force is also notifying 99 downstream providers—companies that carry traffic on behalf of those 37 providers—that they are doing business with noncompliant actors.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has also announced that it will remove seven of the 37 providers from its Robocall Mitigation Database, which will prohibit other voice providers from routing calls from their networks.
The 37 providers receiving warning letters include:
- Advantage Investors LLC
- Alpha Stream
- Ananya Traders LLC
- Ariyan Khan
- BBT Voice Private Limited
- Belthrough
- BPO VoIP
- Collection 3 LLC
- Communications and Telephone Systems Co.
- Dial Vista Corp.
- DigitalOcean, LLC
- Dtel Network LLC
- End Zone Financial Services
- EON Telecom Inc.
- Family Communication Inc.
- Fiber Flux VOIP
- First Tele Communications Inc.
- Flow VOIP LLC
- Globe Tech Solutions
- Higher Response Marketing, Inc.
- HK KwaiFong Group Limited
- Infinity SIP LLC
- Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD
- Mexico IP Phones LLC
- Nexusphere VOIP LLC
- Pleedex LLC
- Quantum Link VOIP LLC
- Ringnition
- SK Teleco LLC
- SkyPulse VOIP
- Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC
- Telnextrix LLC
- Terra Voip
- TheVisionConnect
- Tiera Enterprises LLC
- Voip Torque
- Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice
Copies of the letters are available here: https://ncdoj.sharefile.com/public/share/web-s38fe769d7dc74c94b329feee7e049456
In 2022, 51 attorneys general launched the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, led by the attorneys general of North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio. The Task Force investigates and takes legal action against entities responsible for routing large volumes of illegal robocall traffic into the United States.
Arizona residents who believe they have been targeted by scam robocalls may file a complaint at www.azag.gov/consumer or with the FCC: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-robocalls-and-texts.