Consumer Law
Fraud
Tech Support Scheme
Federal Trade Commission v. Mikael Marczak, also known as Michael Marczak, also doing business as Virtual PC Solutions, First PC Solution, Direct PC Solution, Virtual IT Supports, and Global Innovative Services, and Wahid Ali
Published: Jun. 1, 2013 | Result Date: May 17, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 1:12-cv-07192-PAE Settlement – $984,721
Court
SD New York
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Benjamin R. Davidson
(Law Offices of Benjamin Davidson APC)
Defendant
Michael A. Thurman
(Thurman Legal)
Facts
The Federal Trade Commission filed complaints against Mikael Marczak and Sanjay Agarwalla as part of the FTC's efforts to protect consumers from online scams. The complaints alleged that the defendants posed as major computer security and manufacturing companies to deceive consumers into believing that their computers were infected with viruses, spyware, and other malware.
Result
The parties settled. Agarwalla was required to pay $3,000 and Marczak was ordered to pay $984,721.
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