NC Attorney General Leads Push for Stricter Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls
A bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general wants phone providers to verify customer businesses more closely to block illegal robocalls.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Attorney General Kwame Raoul and North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen Know Your Customer rules combating illegal robocalls.
- Last year, Americans received more than 29.6 billion scam calls and texts, losing nearly $2 billion to fraud. The coalition argues scammers exploit vulnerabilities in voice service providers' networks to access the U.S. communications network.
- The attorneys general want the FCC to hold small and large voice providers to identical standards and require long-term monitoring of high-risk customers subscribing to high-volume services.
- This action marks Phase 2 of Operation Robocall Roundup, a nationwide crackdown effort. Phase 1 launched in August 2025 and sent warning letters to 37 smaller voice providers allowing suspected illegal calls.
- Proponents claim that verifying customer business practices would allow providers to terminate callers using networks for unlawful purposes. Jackson stated: "If scammers can't reach our communications network to begin with, they can't make their illegal robocalls.
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Attorney General Raoul Calls On Federal Government To Strengthen “Know Your Customer” Rules To Combat Illegal Robocalls
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Customer” (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications network to make illegal robocalls. KYC rules require phone companies to know who is making calls through their networks and what kinds of business these customers are conducting. With tha…
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