NYS AG Spitzer ... Settles With Spyer/Scammer/Sleazer

Oct 21, 2005 0 Replies

( lots of good stuff in the complete press release. Check the whole thing when you have a moment )



" Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced an agreement with the former CEO of a leading internet marketing company responsible for secretly installing adware and spyware on millions of home computers.



" Under the agreement, Brad Greenspan, the founder and former CEO of Intermix Media, will pay $750,000 in penalties and disgorgement in connection with an investigation of the conduct of his former company ...



" Spitzer also announced today that New York Supreme Court Judge Judith Gische had approved a consent agreement between Intermix and Spitzer's office requiring Intermix to pay $7.5 million in penalties and disgorgement, and accept a ban on the distribution of adware programs in the future.....



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