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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: Frank Cannon on February 02, 2018, 06:15:30 am

Title: Newsweek Publisher Caught Defrauding Gov Agency In Ad Revenue Scheme
Post by: Frank Cannon on February 02, 2018, 06:15:30 am

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-01/newsweek-publisher-caught-defrauding-gov-agency-ad-revenue-scheme (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-01/newsweek-publisher-caught-defrauding-gov-agency-ad-revenue-scheme)

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A scheme by the publisher of Newsweek and the International Business Times to buy fraudulent traffic in order to help secure a major ad contract from a US government agency has come to light in a new report released by independent ad fraud researchers.

According to the report, IBTimes.com won a major video and display advertising contract from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) - a federal oversight agency created six years ago as the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren. Social Puncher, a consulting firm that investigates online ad fraud, notes in its report that "ads purchased by the CFPB were displayed to an audience that includes a significant amount of "cheap junk traffic with a share of bots" - effectively defrauding the agency.

Title: Re: Newsweek Publisher Caught Defrauding Gov Agency In Ad Revenue Scheme
Post by: Frank Cannon on February 02, 2018, 06:16:56 am

Another Liberal recipient of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau largess.