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And hopefully karma catches on with whomever does this and rot in jail.
by rtwtlkj 14y ago
And hopefully karma catches on with whomever does this and rot in jail.
- jonknee 14y agoI'm curious what laws this breaks. Has anyone been prosecuted for similar click fraud? It seems like a contract dispute and the advertiser has the ability to not pay and perhaps come after the scammer for past losses, but it's a TOS violation more than a legal one. Google is pretty famous for shutting the door on AdSense publishers without much of an appeals process, but I haven't heard of them pursuing anyone criminally. Google even let go a case that involved extortion (someone set on releasing click fraud software unless Google paid up). http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-12-04/the-vanishing-click-fraud-casebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-12-04/the-vanishing... It appears Google values its secrets more than their losses to click fraud.
- skcin7 14y agoI'm not sure what laws it breaks but the laws are so ambiguous you could really be charged with a wide variety of things all depending on how much the prosecution wants to put you away. Could be anything from money laundering to computer abuse to mail fraud depending on a lot of variables involved - and also very much depends on what country the person accused is from.