Bobby_Peru
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Re: US company fined for UK rogue dialler scam
Thanks for the post John2g  . It's good to see some action being taken against this type of large scale theft.
I agree with Doctor Four . Even fines that seem large in absolute terms mean little when criminals, or potential criminals, balance the chances of getting caught at some future point, then the chances of getting fined, and then the chances of personal vs. corporate liability for any such fines, and then the chances of the fines being thrown out, overturned, or reduced with the certainty of the profits each day at midnight (or on what ever schedule their chosen merchant service provider or Telecom "partner" transfers each period's bounty). It's the same with other corporate and/or governmental malfeasance (or crime), which is all to often conducted on a gargantuan scale.
This article mentions that at least one of these collection of scumbags is a repeat offender, and even operating their scams under the same corporate name.
Until the risk becomes much greater certainty of serious jail-time for all those knowingly involved in these activities, this will continue, and probably only escalate.
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Doctor Four
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$185,550 is too small a fine. I say throw the book at
them. If you've ever been to »www.ripoffreport.com/ ,
you should read about a similar dialler scam from a
company called Alyon Technologies. In fact I think it
the story was profiled at one time in the Scambusters
forum.
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