How many times do you wish there was something you could actually do to stop receiving calls from folks you have no interest in hearing from?  In Pennsylvania there is.  The maximum civil penalty is $1,000 per violation (that’s per call).  On 500,000 illegal calls – the maximum fine would be $50,000,000!  From msnbc.com:

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is suing over what it calls the largest telemarketing violation since the Do Not Call registry began.

Call 4 Action reporter Aaron Saykin said anyone in Pennsylvania who reports an illegal call that results in a fine will be eligible to receive 10 percent of the money recovered, up to $100.

Two companies — one based in Baltimore, the other in State College, Pa. — made about 500,000 illegal calls to people on the Do Not Call list, according to Attorney General Tom Corbett.

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