South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the United States District Court in Arizona has denied Avid Telecom's multiple attempts to dismiss and delay a bipartisan, 49-state lawsuit. The company is accused of billions of illegal robocalls. The attorneys general are suing Michael D. Lansky, L.L.C., doing business as Avid Telecom, its owner Michael D. Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves.
Forty-nine attorneys general, who are also members of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, filed a lawsuit against Avid in May 2023 for initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people across the nation.
“This an important step in holding this company accountable for billions of illegal robocalls,” Attorney General Wilson said. “People are entitled to peace and quiet without interruption from these incessant, illegal calls.”
Avid Telecom allegedly sent or attempted to transmit more than 24 billion scam calls over a four-year period about Social Security Administration scams, Medicare scams, auto warranty scams, Amazon scams, DirecTV scams, credit card interest rate reduction scams, and employment scams. The company continued transmitting these calls even after being notified at least 329 times that these illegal robocalls were being sent across their networks.