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售嚇唬軟體,美開罰1.63億 (法新社 華盛頓 2日電) 2012-10-3 官員今天表示,美國聯邦法庭對玩弄手段販售「嚇唬軟體」的多家公司開罰1億6300萬美元,這些業者唬騙電腦用戶,讓他們誤以為電腦受到病毒感染,然後再將「修復」軟體賣給他們。 美國聯邦貿易委員會(Federal Trade Commission, FTC) 表示,法庭對被告羅斯 (Kristy Ross)以及「創新行銷」(Innovative Marketing)和「位元組主機網路服務」(ByteHosting InternetServices)兩家公司開罰,並且永久禁止他們販售電腦防護軟體。 聯邦貿易委員會表示,調查追溯到2008年,FTC控訴羅斯和其他6名被告詐騙超過1百萬名消費者購買安全軟體,以移除據稱線上掃描電腦所偵測到的惡意軟體。 聯邦貿易委員會指控,這些業者運用精心製作及精密科技的網路廣告,對消費者展示1套「系統掃描」,能偵測到許多惡意軟體。 受騙的消費者可能支付40至60美元,來清除惡意軟體。(譯者:中央社劉文瑜) ------------------------------------------------------ [台灣詐騙集團橫行,教育失敗,道德敗壞] 家族詐騙集團橫行全台,數十人被騙千餘萬 【自立晚報 - 記者李桂馨 台北報導】2012-4-10 有詐騙集團自稱是長庚醫院工作人員,聲稱有人拿被害人健保卡申請低收入戶補助,並詢問其名下財產,告知可能涉及刑案,案件在地檢署偵辦中,必須將銀行帳戶內之存款提出交付,交由地方法院監管科專員到府收取現金監管等,經刑事警察局逐一清查全台所發生類似之案件,並透過內政部警政署165反詐騙專線所登錄之資料,發現疑似手法詐騙之案件遍及全台,隨即與花蓮縣警察局、嘉義縣警察局刑警大隊、法務部調查局高雄調查處共同偵辦,並報請臺灣高雄地方法院檢察署指派檢察官指揮偵辦。 偵辦人員查訪被害人遭詐騙之過程,逐一過濾被害人與犯罪嫌疑人聯絡之情形,鎖定數十件係屬同一詐騙集團所為,發現該詐騙集團係透過中國大陸之電話,並利用民眾恐懼官司纏身之心理,隔海詐騙被害人,於取得被害人信任後,指派國內共犯假冒檢察官或地檢署職員向被害人收款,偵辦過程並發現大多數的被害人在得知係遭詐騙集團詐光積蓄後,除不願面對這樣殘酷的現實之外,進而影響正常的生活而鬱鬱寡歡。 該詐欺集團採家族企業方式經營,母親何○慎負責操控集團運作、女兒馮○萍擔任會計負責贓款轉匯、兒子李○駿擔任車手頭招兵買馬,另有其他家族成員在海外建置詐騙電信機房隔海詐騙,其餘涉案車手亦多是朋友或同鄉關係。 本案歷經5個多月的偵查,初步清查被害人達數十人,被詐騙金錢初估約新台幣千餘萬元,作案地點遍及宜蘭、花蓮、台北、嘉義、南投、高雄等地,專案小組將持續追查在逃共犯,並清查該集團所涉及其它案件。 ------------------------------------------------------ |
FTC gets a $163 million judgment against scareware operation
Kristy Ross was one of the leaders of an international sketchy software ring. by Cyrus Farivar - Oct 3, 2012, 2:10am -800 A federal court in Maryland has imposed a $163 million opinion and judgment against defendants from Innovative Marketing in a massive scareware operation. The company sold the scareware under the names WinFixer, WinAntiVirus, and WinAntiVirusPro, among other monikers. Kristy Ross and two of the company's founders—Sam Jain and Daniel Sundin—were determined to be jointly liable for that amount. Ross was not present during the two-day bench trial. This case was specifically brought against Ross, but her case is part of a larger one against eight of the company's leaders. In the court filing, the judge explained that of these original eight defendants, "four have settled with the FTC, and three are in default and have had judgments entered against them for failure to appear and participate in this litigation." However, the judge added that as founders, Jain and Sundin were to be made "jointly and severally liable" for the $163 million judgment. In a recent judgment (PDF), Ross was determined to have “misrepresented, expressly or by implication, that they had conducted scans of consumers’ computers and detected security or privacy issues, including viruses, spyware, system errors, and pornography.” The $30 to $100 program would trick users into thinking their computer was infected with malware, and would then sell software to rectify this fictitious problem. More than a million copies of this software were sold. This resulted in approximately 3,000 customers filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Innovative Marketing took in around $60 million in revenue between 2000 and 2008, when the first legal action was brought. Ross argued she was just an employee of the company and was not a “control person,” and did not have “requisite knowledge of the misconduct,” and therefore bore no personal liability. The federal judge in the case clearly didn’t buy her argument. In addition to the monetary penalty, the court ruled that Ross “shall be permanently restrained and enjoined from the marketing and sale of computer security software and software that interferes with consumers’ computer use, as well as from engaging in any form of deceptive marketing.” |