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A federal judge has charged three men for their alleged participation in a sophisticated international cell phone fraud scheme. Defendants Ramon Batista (aka Porfirio), 49, of Orlando, Florida; Edwin Fana, 36, of Miami Gardens, Florida; and 52-year-old Jose Santana (aka Octavio Perez), of Royal...

Even though millions of Americans are on the federal Do Not Call list to limit unwanted telemarketing calls, and even though it’s illegal for anyone to make a commercial prerecorded robocall to a consumer who hasn’t given their express consent to receive such calls, the problem persists and is...