Spyware Law, $84,000 Settlement
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Oregon Man to Pay Under Washington Spyware Law
$84,000 settlement first in state’s Spyware Cleaner case
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that an Oregon man is the first defendant penalized under Washington’s new computer spyware act. Zhijian Chen, of Portland, Ore., will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for marketing bogus anti-spyware software through deceptive means.
Chen is the first defendant to receive a judgment in the Attorney General’s case against New York-based Secure Computer and associates in the United States and India. Filed in January in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the lawsuit is the office’s first under the state’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act.
By agreeing to the settlement, Chen admits violating Washington’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act, as well as the state Consumer Protection Act.
Oregon Man to Pay Under Washington Spyware Law$84,000 settlement first in state’s Spyware Cleaner case
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that an Oregon man is the first defendant penalized under Washington’s new computer spyware act. Zhijian Chen, of Portland, Ore., will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for marketing bogus anti-spyware software through deceptive means.
Chen is the first defendant to receive a judgment in the Attorney General’s case against New York-based Secure Computer and associates in the United States and India. Filed in January in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the lawsuit is the office’s first under the state’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act.
By agreeing to the settlement, Chen admits violating Washington’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act, as well as the state Consumer Protection Act.
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