The fine is a follow-up to an FCC investigation launched earlier this year into the massive scam campaign that hounded consumers with relentless calls prompting recipients to speak to a “warranty specialist” about extending or reinstating their car’s warranty.Furthermore, the investigation found that the campaign harassed healthcare workers during the pandemic and in some cases spoofed the phone numbers of actual hospitals, resulting in consumers tying up the lines of hospitals with confused complaints.Cox Jr. and Jones alongside 20 others are also defendants in a lawsuit brought by the Ohio Attorney General in July seeking millions in fines for violating that state’s telemarketing and consumer protection laws as well as federal laws.The FCC has made cracking down on robocalls a top enforcement priority, including developing partnerships with 43 state attorney generals, the District of Columbia and Guam to go after robocall operators.The proposed fine dwarfs the FCC’s previous record of a $225 million fine against a Texas-based telemarketer in 2021."