NC AG Jackson led Operation Robocall Roundup with 50+ AGs. Phase 1: warning letters to 37 VoIP providers. Phase 2: expanded to major carriers Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen, Peerless. Results: 19 companies stopped routing suspected illegal calls, 13 removed from FCC Robocall Mitigation Database, 4+ terminated high-risk accounts. The most comprehensive AG-led telecom enforcement operation ever conducted.

NC AG Jackson won court judgment against VoIP provider Articul8 and owner Paul Talbot. Court found Talbot helped fraudsters run robocall and telemarketing scams by accepting and routing millions of illegal calls. Permanently banned from telecommunications industry + $5M penalty. NC continues the VoIP-provider-targeting model — if you route the calls, you share the liability.

NC AG led the 49-state Avid Telecom lawsuit alongside OH, IN, and AZ. First action of the Anti-Robocall Task Force. Court denied all Avid dismissal motions in May 2024. NC co-leads the national task force, making it one of the most aggressive states on robocall enforcement at the infrastructure level.

NC AG Stein secured $13.986M — largest penalty ever obtained in NC for DNC violations. Most funds directed to NC public schools. 11-year case (filed 2009). Dish found liable for 66+ million violations through authorized dealers. NC share of $210M multistate settlement with DOJ, FTC, CA, IL, OH. Key NC principle: the state aggressively redirects telemarketing penalties to education funding.

NC AG Stein sued Texas robocallers for making 75+ million calls to NC phone users, including 34 million to DNC-registered numbers. Health insurance pitch. Part of 7-state coalition that ultimately secured $244M judgment against Spiller/Mears (Rising Eagle). NC was an early mover — filing before most other states acted. NC receives disproportionate robocall volume (2.3 billion in 2024 alone).