Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case
Summary: Three current or former executives of Adconion Direct (now Amobee) pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fraud and misrepresentation charges in a federal case alleging they hijacked inactive IP address blocks registered to others and used them for large-scale spam campaigns between December 2010 and September 2014. Each will pay a $100,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service, while a fourth defendant, Petr Pacas, accepted a deferred prosecution deal with a $50,000 donation to a federal crime victims fund.
Bottom line: The government alleged the scheme ran until September 2014, after Amobee acquired Adconion Direct in June 2014, and the hijacked address ranges trace to 2013 and 2014 incidents - so the acquirer's public claim that the conduct occurred years before the acquisition does not match the indictment's timeline.
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