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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 29, 2020

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal judge to shut down a scheme involving companies in New York and Arizona that allegedly connected hundreds of millions of robocalls across the country each month. In first-of-their-kind filings, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn requested temporary restraining orders against five companies and three individuals who allegedly bridged spam calls — most of which originated from India — into the American telecommunications system. The department reports that foreign fraudsters increasingly are using robocalls to impersonate U.S. government officials, including from tax and immigration agencies, to secure sensitive information from Americans. News 4 has the story from CNN.