Business Loan Company Phones Numbers on DNC Registry, Alleges Class Action

Mark Ortega has had his cellphone number listed on the national do not call registry for more than a year, yet he received an unsolicited telemarketing call Feb. 29 from RCN Group seeking to sell him a business loan, alleged Ortega’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Wednesday (docket 5:24-cv-00369) in U.S. District Court for Western Texas in San Antonio. Ortega’s attorney emailed RCN March 4 demanding damages because the plaintiff’s number was listed on the national DNC registry and because he didn’t consent to receiving RCN’s communications, said the complaint. RCN responded the next day, stating that it pays a call center for every lead, it said. These messages from RCN are being placed to consumers without consent, including to consumers who registered their phone numbers on the DNC, as per the San Antonio resident’s experience, it said.