Careercow Jacob Wohl / JacobAWohl / Matthew Cohen / Surefire Intelligence / NeX Capital Management - Far-right fraudster and banned investor, charged with numerous felonies, best known for "hipster coffee shops" and attempting to frame Mueller and Democratic candidates

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Jake is very unhappy about Kanye West. He's backing his boy Johnny G-blatt to turn back the tide of hate against his people.
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Jacob Wohl got fined 5 million dollars by the FCC for a robocall scam (archive)
Case in point: the FCC this week announced that it has fined right wing propaganda and bullshit artists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman $5,134,500 for 1,141 illegal robocalls the duo made in a bid to confuse and mislead voters. More specifically, the FCC notes in a press release that the pair tried to scare marginalized voters in key neighborhoods away from voting by mail in a bid to boost Trump:

The robocalls in this case, made on August 26 and September 14, 2020, told potential voters
that if they voted by mail, their “personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card
companies to collect outstanding debts.” The recorded messages identified Burkman and Wohl by name and claimed to be made by “Project-1599.”
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The problem, unfortunately, is this “fine” will likely never actually be collected. The FCC’s authority, boxed in after years of court rulings and lobbying by industries that don’t want their ability to annoy you constrained, is quite limited. It can issue fines, but it amusingly can’t actually collect them.

Actually collecting those fines falls to the DOJ, which historically either can’t track down the sleazebags in question, or can’t be bothered. For example, one study found that the FCC fined robocallers $208 million between 2015 and 2019, but only $6,790 (!!) was ever collected.
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Jacob Wohl tried to quash the robocall charges, but the courts have upheld them
"I am grateful the Court of Appeals saw this conduct for what it was—a gross misrepresentation of voting procedures meant to scare voters from participating in our elections. We look forward to continuing with the criminal case and bringing this matter to trial."
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a more in depth article from the official Michigan gov site, it also contains a reminder of what they are being charged with
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