The FCC just fined an international network of robocallers nearly $300 million for making 5 billion calls in a three month span

• The FCC just fined a group of scammers a record-breaking $299,970,000.
• The commission said the fraudsters made 5 billion auto warranty-related scam calls in three months.
• Two of the men charged, Roy M. Cox and Aaron Michael Jones, had already previously been banned from making telemarketing calls.

The Federal Communications Commission fined an international network of robocallers nearly $299,970,000 on Thursday for executing "a scheme to make more than five billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers during a three-month span in 2021," according to a press release.