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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:29 am Post subject: Feds Hound E-Commerce Counterfeiters on Cyber Monday |
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In a concerted Cyber Monday operation, federal authorities have seized 150 domains engaging in the sale of counterfeit items, but whether the action will have any noticeable effect on e-commerce fraud is doubtful. "Seizing Web domains will barely make a dent, unless you can catch the actual people behind the operations and put them in jail," said Green Armor Solutions CEO Joseph Steinberg.
In one swoop, a Justice Department-led group of federal law enforcement agencies seized 150 domain names of commercial websites that it claims have been selling counterfeit goods.
The seized domains are now under federal custody. Taking place on Cyber Monday, the timing of this raid was not likely an accident. The federal government has been targeting counterfeit online sales and piracy since last year, seizing a total of 350 domains. It is widely assumed the Justice Department wanted to coordinate the takedown on one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. It also happens to be a day when online shopping fraud is at its peak.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Feds-Hound-E-Commerce-Counterfeiters-on-Cyber-Monday-73848.html |
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