'Telefunder' to Pay $300,000 for Abandoning Millions of Telemarketing Calls to Potential Charity Donors
Company Also Allegedly Called Thousands of Consumers Who Asked Not to be Called The president of a Georgia-based telemarketing company will pay $300,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his company “abandoned” millions of calls when consumers answered their telephones. The FTC also alleged that the defendants made thousands of illegal calls to consumers who had told the company that they did not wish to be called. According to the FTC’s complaint, JAK Productions, Inc. and its president John Keller, worked as “telefunders” – for-profit telemarketers who call potential donors seeking donations on behalf of charities. JAK operates out of Atlanta, Georgia, and has used call centers in West Virginia.