![]() ![]() ![]() federal court.Īn examination of the FTC’s complaint and documents from a legal dispute among Innovative executives offer a rare glimpse into a dark, expanding - and highly profitable - corner of the internet. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit seeking its disbandment in U.S. In a rare victory in the battle against cybercrime, the company closed down last year after the U.S. ![]() “I had a good salary and I know that most employees also had pretty good salaries.” “When you are just 20, you don’t think a lot about ethics,” said Maxim, a former Innovative Marketing programer who now works for a Kiev bank and asked that only his first name be used for this story. Top performers got bonuses as young workers turned a blind eye to the harm the software was doing. Employees were treated to catered holiday parties and picnics with paintball competitions. Communications cables lay jumbled on the floor and a small coffee maker sat on the desk of one worker.Īs business boomed, the firm added a human resources department, hired an internal IT staff and built a call center to dissuade its victims from seeking credit card refunds. REUTERS/Molly RileyĪccording to court documents, former employees and investigators, a receptionist greeted visitors at the door of the company, known as Innovative Marketing Ukraine. Federal Trade Commission of the scareware company Innovative Marketing Ukraine (IMU) is photographed on a computer screen in the FTC internet lab in Washington March 22, 2010. An image which was part of the investigation by the U.S. ![]()
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