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Police knock 2,000 counterfeit good sites offline
By Caroline Donnelly published
News City of London Police's IP enforcement unit hails latest work to shut down sites selling fake goods

High Court instructs ISPs to block counterfeit sites
By Clare Hopping published
News Virgin Media, BT, EE, BSkyB and TalkTalk have all been directed to block access to the sites selling fake goods

Transport select committee warns drivers of fake websites
By Clare Hopping published
News MPs are calling for the government to advise motorists of the damage using fake websites to sign up for services like tax can do

Google to pay back $19 million over kids ‘ in-app purchases
By Rene Millman published
News Search giant settles with FTC over unfair bills to parents

25 fake government websites closed down
By Clare Hopping published
News Five people have been arrested for running fake scam websites, imitating government services

Law enforcers shut down nearly 200 fake goods sites
By Caroline Donnelly published
News Europol, City of London Police and US law enforcers lead charge against websites selling counterfeit goods.

Microsoft shuts down a $2.7m a month click fraud botnet
By ITPro published
News Botnet suspected to originate in Russia was using 2 million machines.

UK police take down 90 websites selling fake goods
By Rene Millman published
News Cross-party effort sees sites selling counterfeit goods shutdown in pre-Christmas blitz.
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