I've spent a few minutes trying to figure out who Life Corporation and Walter Monk are. Walter Monk may be an "entrepreneur" in Texas, but that isn't clear to me. What is clear is that "Life Corporation" has been incorporated since 1995 and has no internet presence as far as I can tell.
This is shady as fuck before you even get to the illegal stuff.
Oh that's interesting. Not sure how that didn't show up in my search. I had to log in to my ancient LinkedIn account to read it, but I'm glad I did, because...
I really like starting businesses. You might say I am obsessed (or is it possessed? ) by this activity. I love helping others start businesses. I am a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization of Fort Worth, and I highly recommend this worldwide organization for any entrepreneur.
In college majored in Wildlife Management, and soon discovered that the life of starting businesses was more fun than going to school. Some of the businesses that I started include gas stations, lobster trapping, a chain of nightclubs and bars, selling bait, a beef jerky plant, a dating service, credit card processing center, condom machine routes, and selling pool cues. Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders that have made some of my ideas into very long lasting businesses. Together our team has done billions of phone calls, texts and and done a lot of political polling, nonprofit These all made at least some money except the lobster trapping...I never caught one lobster. I may go back to Hawaii and try that again, it still bothers me :-)
Thank you.
Edit: I should have hilighted this part too, because again, SKETCHY AS FUCK.
Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders
All things considered, that's a pretty quick setup for a long-running operation on foreign territory. Couldn't have been easy when it's only been about four years since the collapse of the USSR.
Walter Monk and Life Corporation, a Texas-based company, have been identified as the source of fake robocalls that impersonated President Biden, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella[1][3][4][5][6]. The robocalls, which used a voice that sounded like President Biden's, were intended to discourage voting[4]. The calls were traced back to Life Corporation and Walter Monk using 'tracebacks' through an entity known as the Industry Traceback Group[1].
Life Corporation is owned by Walter Monk[4][5]. A subsidiary of Life Corporation, Voice Broadcasting Corp., which identifies Mr. Monk as its founder, has received numerous payments from the Republican Party’s state committee in Delaware, as well as payments from congressional candidates in both parties[4].
The calls were routed through a provider called Lingo Telecom[4][5][6]. After being informed that the calls were being investigated, Lingo Telecom suspended services to Life Corporation[1][5][6].
The Attorney General's office has opened a criminal investigation and issued a cease-and-desist order to Life Corporation[1][4][5][6]. No charges have been filed against Walter Monk as of the current date, but the investigation is ongoing[5].
When robocalls/texts affect the rich and powerful, it gets investigated. When the entire population has been complaining about it and getting scammed for years, no one bats an eye.
I was just irate today at the sheer amount of ads that are shoved in my face all fucking day.
Email ads. Phone call ads. Text ads. TV ads. Post mail ads. And there's nothing I can do about it.
I called one of the mailers. Got a receptionist. Told her I wanted to opt out. She transferred me to a number and I immediately got a voicemail. Called back immediately. She didn't answer. Call back again. She said I needed to talk to this person who was not in their office. Said she used to be able to do it but then they told her she couldn't anymore. How convenient. I told her if I get another mailer I'm going to light it on fire and throw it inside their fucking office door, and then I hung up.
Sadly it became annoyingly complicated and manual with number porting. Previously you could have just implemented “we own these blocks, this isn’t in our block, drop the call” but with number porting there are a lot of one offs to track. Not saying they shouldn’t do it, but number portability screwed with things.
They issued cease and desist orders to the company.
How about you fucking raid the company and shove the big dick of the law up his ass? I'm so fucking tired of these republican scumbags getting a pass or being treated with kid gloves.
I understood that the FCC just now ruled such activity illegal? Or interpreted is as illegal under existing laws and regulations? My details may be off.
Yeah, where's the swat team breaking down these fucks' doors and murdering people in their beds? I mean, they know how to do that, and they've got plenty of experience.
I think the failure was that nobody claimed there were black people working there. That would have brought out the violence.