Cookie stuffing = wire fraud, says feds
Wow. This guy didn’t even do it, he sold software that did it.
“On Tuesday, US Federal authorities filed criminal charges against Christopher Kennedy, a developer of cookie stuffing software. While the developer claims to have never engaged in cookie stuffing for his own benefit, he is being charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. These charges carry a maximum fine of $250K and 5 years in prison. ”
Does this mean that affiliate networks who tweak pixels to fire only 90% of the time, scrub conversions, or under report sales conversions to their affiliates are committing wire fraud?
Its no secret that this is an industry standard — not an exception. Just sign up for an affiliate network back end and learn all about how affiliate fraud is facilitated.
Using that type of logic means the Feds should also go after the maker of the editor he used to create the software and the manufacturer of the computer instead of the actual perpetrators.
Comment by Carl — February 15, 2010 @ 11:32 am
We should imprison all gun manufacturers…except the ones that make guns for the police, of course. ..
That’s scary illogical. Hope that guy gets a good lawyer.
Comment by Joseph McCullough — March 9, 2010 @ 9:04 pm