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A California online dating service was ordered to stop making telemarketing calls to Missourians on the state's No Call list, due to a temporary restraining order obtained Tuesday by Attorney General Jay Nixon.
The temporary restraining order, against Luvoo.com of Tujunga, Calif., comes after more than 140 Missourians on the No Call list reported receiving telemarketing calls during June soliciting memberships to the dating service, according to a release.
Nixon is suing Luvoo.com; its owner, Lourdes Van Hoek; and another company, Telephone Management Corp., for making the telemarketing calls in violation of the No Call law.
The temporary restraining order, signed by Circuit Judge Lisa Van Amburg, prohibits the defendants from calling Missourians on the No Call list or from knowingly using any method to block or otherwise circumvent a consumer's caller ID service.
Nixon is asking the court to order the company to pay appropriate penalties of up to $5,000 per violation, as well as the costs associated with bringing the lawsuit.
To date, almost 2.3 million Missouri residential telephone numbers are on the No Call list, and Nixon's office has collected more than $1.7 million from telemarketers that violated the law, according to the release.
St. Louis Business Journal
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