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In 2000, eFront submitted fraudulent data to Media Metrix, a website ranking publisher. The logs detailed activities such as not paying websites that had hosted their banner ads and sending legal threats to websites that spoke poorly of eFront. On April 20, 2005 he was ordered to pay $3.1 million to Symantec for selling counterfeit software and violating intellectual property laws.
Case Number 2:04-cv-03017-Pennsylvania-Mc.
The criminal case was opened in 2008 (Case Number 5:08-cr-00197-RMW) in which the Grand Jury charges: Criminal Copyright Infringement, Wire Fraud, Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods & Mail Fraud. This case is to go to Jury trial.
The case alleges that several companies scammed consumers into buying these applications through malware and banner ads. In mid-December 2008 United States. District Judge Richard Doctorate. Bennett fined Innovative Marketing $8,000 for each day that it continues to sell bogus scareware software on its website.
The bench warrant was entered into court records on February 11, 2009.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward for information that leads to his arrest or capture.