FCC slaps voter suppression robocall scammers with a record-breaking fine

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FCC slaps voter suppression robocall scammers with a record-breaking fine
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The two men admitted last year they attempted to suppress Black votes with vaccine misinformation ahead of the 2020 election.

for their own auto warranty scam that sent out over 5 billion robocalls in just three months.

A paper trail linked the two men to a coordinated, purposeful targeting of minority voters ahead of the 2020 election. In anon August 25, 2020, Wohl sent Burkman an audiofile to be used in the robocalls, and suggested, “’We should send [the message] to black neighborhoods in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Richmond, Atlanta, and Cleveland.” Burkman replied soon after, suggesting they also target Chicago and Minneapolis voters.

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