In 2001, Sam Lipman-Stern was a teenage high school dropout working at Civic Development Group (CDG), a telemarketing company that operated out of central New Jersey. He’d developed a love for film ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A long-running telemarketing scam in which dozens of people fleeced 150,000 mostly elderly victims across the country out of $300 million would still be operating if not for the ...

telemarketing company has left charities, fund-raising businesses, and state regulators debating what difference the ruling will make to nonprofit solicitations. At issue is a telemarketer whose ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH NEW YORK BASED FLUENT FOR ITS ROLE IN ALLEGEDLY CAUSING MILLIONS OF UNWANTED TELEMARKETING CALLS.

BROWN: Those spam calls from an unknown number always trying to sell you something. UNIDENTIFIED TELEMARKETER: Hi. I'm with Rian Real Estate - R-I-A-N. Corporate office in Dallas, Texas. BROWN: Most ...

A Supreme Court ruling eroding FCC deference, state laws imposing tighter time limits and penalties, and UDAP statutes ...

A New Jersey-based telemarketing company that made millions of robocalls on behalf of a business selling solar panels has been fined after inundating some potential customers with more than 100 calls ...

UNIDENTIFIED TELEMARKETER: Hi. I'm with Rian Real Estate - R-I-A-N. Corporate office in Dallas, Texas. BROWN: Most people just ignore them, send them straight to voicemail. But Planet Money's Jeff Guo ...

RASCOE: A call from an unknown number, always trying to sell you something. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Hi, Alice. I'm with Rian real estate, R-I-A-N, corporate office in Dallas, Texas. RASCOE: No one loves ...