As part of its fight against illegal robocalls, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced a slew of lawsuits and other measures it and 25 other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have taken against operations it said were responsible for more than 1 billion of the prerecorded calls.The operation included civil and criminal lawsuits from recent months, as well as warnings and cease-and-desist letters.
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