On August 7, 2025, the 51 Attorneys General that compose the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force issued warnings to 37 voice providers for facilitating illegal robocalls and 99 downstream providers that accept call traffic on behalf of the 37 voice providers. The voice providers are:
While the FCC and FTC issue periodic warnings to carriers, these measures often prove ineffective, especially with small, low-quality VOIP carriers that knowingly facilitate fraudulent calls. Many of these carriers are owned by offshore actors operating from high-risk jurisdictions. Some individuals, such as the infamous Prince Anand from India, have reportedly managed to operate dozens of VOIP entities in the United States, often using sham registrations, stolen identities, and compliant attorneys to mask their activities.
Robocall fraud is not merely an annoyance — it is a national security and economic threat. U.S. consumers and businesses lose an estimated $80 billion annually to scams enabled by these networks. I think it is obvious that sophistication, cross-border coordination, and scale of these operations place them in the same category as organized cybercrime and terrorism.
Measures I’d propose:
TCPA Reform – Amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to allow scam victims and robocall harassment victims to pursue civil action directly against enabling carriers that ignore or delay action on valid complaints.
CPNI Modernization – Revise Customer Proprietary Network Information rules to allow faster and easier disclosure of parties behind suspect telecom operations, with reduced red tape in confirmed fraud cases.
Criminal Liability – Classify egregious facilitation of robocall fraud as a federal and/or state felony, enabling prosecution of VOIP and marketing companies’ officers and decision-makers — not just the shell company.
Sanctions on Hostile Nations – Impose targeted trade, banking, and telecommunications sanctions against nations persistently harboring or enabling large-scale robocall fraud.
Domestic Call Center Requirement – Require that all companies providing customer service to U.S. consumers operate those functions within U.S. borders and employ domestic workers.
Carrier License Revocation – Create a fast-track process for permanently revoking the operating authority of carriers found complicit in robocall fraud, without lengthy administrative delays.
Asset Seizure Authority – Allow DOJ and Treasury to seize U.S.-based assets of individuals and entities found knowingly facilitating telecom fraud.
Joint Task Force with Tech Platforms – Mandate cooperation between carriers, VoIP providers, and major internet platforms to identify, block, and deplatform known robocall enablers.
Mandatory Call Authentication – Require universal implementation of STIR/SHAKEN call authentication technology across ALL carriers, with no exemptions for small operators.
International Prosecution Treaties – Demand enaction of bilateral and multilateral agreements enabling extradition and joint criminal prosecution of telecom fraud operators abroad.
National Security Response – Designate large-scale robocall fraud as a form of transnational organized crime and, in cases where operations are state-protected or tied to hostile entities, authorize the use of military cyber operations, covert disruption, and, if necessary, precision or even carpet bombing strikes against infrastructure and actors directly responsible.
