[sh1mmer]

$300M is a big fine, but if they are saying this scam ring made over 500m calls did they really make anything close to this much? It would seem surprising to me if you could make anything close to $0.60/call with cold calling even if there are whales it just seems like a stunt number.

[whateverman23]

I'm not sure what your point is. Even if they made just $10mil, fining them out of existence (and giving precedent for such a big fine later) is still a good thing.

[charlieo88]

The fine isn't to remove the profit, it's to punish them for the 5 billion scam phone calls. They are being fined 5 cents per call.

[__ryan__]

It was 5 billion calls to 500 million numbers over a 3 month period.

[mrits]

4 billion were to me though

[denton-scratch]

It's a fine, not a compensation order. The robocalls were criminal offences, not just attempts at unfair enrichment. The purpose of the fine is to punish the offender and to deter others.