FTC shuts Internet provider.(Federal Trade Commission )(Brief article)

0 Comments | Caribbean Update, July, 2009

The US Federal Trade Commission said it ordered the shutdown of a Pricewert LLC, described in a complaint filed in San Jose, Calif., federal court as an Oregon-based shell company run by "overseas criminals", operating out of Belize and running illegal operations out of servers in Silicon Valley, reports AP (June 8, 2009).

The FTC says the case marks the first time the agency has ordered the shuttering of an Internet provider.

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