Attorney General Raoul Begins Second Phase Of Robocall Roundup; Announces Investigation Of Four Service Providers

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul with a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general, today launched the second phase of Operation Robocall Roundup, an effort by the multi-state Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of an ongoing investigation, Raoul and the task force sent letters to Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen and Peerless directing each company to stop transmitting suspected illegal robocalls across their networks.“Today’s letters are the latest step in our task force’s efforts to address intrusive and illegal robocalls that plague Illinoisans. As larger providers, these companies have a heightened responsibility to decline call traffic from known and repeat bad actors,” Raoul said. “Despite extensive notices and years of docu