TCPA Suit Seeks to Stop ‘Cold Calls’ to Numbers on DNC Registry
Diamond Resorts is “engaged in a scheme” to sell timeshares via “cold calls” to residential phone numbers listed on the protected federal do not call registry, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, alleged Orange County, California, resident Paul…
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Sapan in a class action Tuesday (docket 8:23-cv-00147) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana. Diamond “intentionally violated the TCPA in a so-far successful attempt to sell financial and/or mortgage packages for years,” said Sapan’s complaint. He asserts his number has been listed on the DNC registry since “at least” December 2007. His complaint alleges the resort company placed 10 calls to his line between October 2020 and February 2021, but doesn’t say why he waited to file his TCPA complaint until now. The complaint is unusual among other TCPA actions because Sapan kept a log of all the calls he received from Diamond by date and time. Diamond didn't respond to requests for comment.