Federal Court Shuts Down Tech Support Fraud Scheme
A federal court entered a permanent injunction blocking a tech support fraud scheme led by an individual and four companies, DOJ announced Tuesday. Michael Cotter of Glendale, California; Singapore-registered Global Digital Concierge; Nevada-registered Sensei Ventures and NE Labs; and New…
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York-registered KeviSoft are barred from “selling technical-support services or software via telemarketing or websites,” DOJ said. A complaint filed in October alleged Cotter led the scheme from 2011 to 2020, contacting “U.S. consumers via internet pop-up messages that falsely appeared to be security alerts from Microsoft or another well-known company” and fooling them into paying for unnecessary services.