美國男子因撥打近1億次騷擾電話而被罰1.2億美元!

A man has been fined a record-breaking $120m for making more than 90 million automated marketing telephone calls in the US.
美國一名男子因打出了超過9000萬通自動撥打的營銷電話，而創紀錄地被罰款1.2億美元。

Miami salesman Adrian Abramovich was accused of trying to sell holidays and timeshare properties with the robocalls.
這位來自邁阿密、名叫阿德里安·阿布拉莫維奇的推銷員，被指控使用騷擾電話來銷售一些度假類和分時度假類的產品。

The fine is the largest the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ever issued.
這是美國聯邦通信委員會有史以來發布的最大的一筆罰款。

Mr Abramovich said he had not intended to "defraud or cause harm".
阿布拉莫維奇表示，他無意欺騙或對客戶造成傷害。

But FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement that the defence "isn't very convincing".
但是美國聯邦通信委員會的主席潘基特卻在一則聲明中稱，這一抗辯並不具有可信度。

"Mr Abramovich doesn't dispute that he was responsible for placing 96,758,223 robocalls during a three-month period in 2016," he said.
他表示：“阿布拉莫維奇先生對自己應對在2016年的一個季度內撥打的96758223通騷擾電話負有責任這一事實沒有異議。”

The FCC said Mr Abramovich had spoofed his caller ID to make people believe they were receiving a call from a local number. That was in violation of US law.
聯邦通信委員會稱，阿布拉莫維奇先生僞造了他的來電顯示，讓人們相信他們收到的是一個本地電話號碼。而這一行爲違反了美國法律。

A pre-recorded message would offer an "exclusive" holiday or travel deal, posing as an offer from a well-known brand such as TripAdvisor or Hilton hotels.
預先錄製的通話將會提供有關“高級”度假遊或旅行套餐的信息，佯裝得就像如貓途鷹或希爾頓酒店等知名品牌一樣。

The call would then be transferred to a human operator in an overseas call centre, who would try to sell the consumer a holiday or timeshare arrangement.
接着這通電話會轉接到海外電話中心的人工客服，客服會推銷給客戶有關度假和分時度假行程安排的產品。

The FCC originally issued the fine in 2017, but Mr Abramovich had appealed against the decision and sought to have the fine reduced.
聯邦通信委員會最初是在2017年發佈的該罰款，但阿布拉莫維奇先生對這一決定提出了上訴，並試圖降低罰款。

But Mr Pai said it was the "largest illegal robocalling scheme" the FCC had investigated and therefore the fine was "appropriate".
但潘基特主席表示，這是聯邦通信委員會調查過的“最大規模的非法騷擾電話策劃”，因此1.2億美元的罰款是“合理的”。