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Cruise Robocall Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: A federal judge approved a settlement agreement between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and telemarketers. .
- Why: The telemarketers were accused by the FTC of placing millions of illegal pre-recorded survey robocalls to consumers offering free vacation cruise packages.
- Where: The lawsuit is pending in Florida federal court.
A federal judge in Florida has permanently barred two cruise line owners from placing pre-recorded survey robocalls offering free cruise vacation packages.
The order comes about a month after the Federal Trade Commision came to an agreement with the owners, Johnathan Blake Curtis and Anthony DiGiacomo, following a complaint the government agency filed against them in January 2020.
The judge also barred Curtis and DiGiacomo from using or benefiting from any of the names, addresses, or emails they obtained through the robocall scheme, and required the duo to cooperate with the FTC and turn over any communications and records stemming from the pre-recorded robocalls, reports Law360.
Curtis and DiGiacomo — along with the five companies they control, including Grand Bahama Cruise Line LLC and Tropical Accommodations LLC — were also given a suspended judgement of $6.4 million in civil penalties.
The agreement will be partially suspended once Curtis and DiaGiacomo pay $50,000 each to the Department of Treasury, according to the order.
‘Free’ Cruise Calls Made in Violation of Consumer Protection Laws, Says FTC
The FTC argued in its complaint that Curtis and DiGiacomo bombarded consumers — including those on the national Do Not Call registry — with millions of pre-recorded phone calls offering free cruise vacation packages.
Curtis and DiGiacomo knew or “conspicuously avoided knowing” that the pre-recorded survey calls were illegal since as far back as 2014, the FTC alleged. Both men have been ordered not to work with companies that make illegal telemarketing calls going forward, reports Law360.
Three separate defendants settled with the FTC for $7.8 million days after it filed its complaint, in a suspended judgement that also permanently banned them from making robocalls in the future.
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The FTC is represented by Christopher E. Brown and Jody Goodman of the FTC’s Office of the General Counsel.
The FTC Free Cruise Robocall Case is In re: Federal Trade Commission v. Grand Bahama Cruise Line LLC, et al., Case No. 6:20-cv-00052, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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My wife recently received over $500 from a cruise line in a class action suit for the same robocall scam. We were on the do not call list
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