A federal judge passed down a slightly lighter sentence than the 30 to life recommended in sentencing guidelines.

Many search industry observers see click fraud as the number one threat to the growth of the Internet economy. An even greater threat has emerged one that not only places the entire infrastructure of the Internet at risk, it also threatens non-Net users.

Google profits from the manipulation of its pay-per-click advertising service by others, and hasn’t done enough to end the practice, according to a lawsuit filed by pay-per-click analysis firm Click Defense.

Former WorldCom Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers looks ready to forfeit nearly all of his fortune.

A class action lawsuit was filed in US District Court against Google alleging breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair business practices-all involving charges of click fraud. Click Defense Inc, a click fraud protection firm, filed the suit in California in the name of an unknown number of plaintiffs for an amount not less than $5 million.

Richard Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth, was found not guilty on all of the 36 counts that he was charged with, which included conspiracy, money laundering, mail fraud, etc.

A new online clearinghouse, LostClicks.com, has been created by lawyers to monitor issues with click fraud.

When Google was naming potential problems that could affect the company adversely in their IPO filing, they indicated PPC click fraud was one of their biggest worries.

Tim Yang posts an interesting conversation that he’s been having with an Indian Adsense Click Fraudster who contacted him to see if he’d be interested in making a quick buck via an army of fraudulent clickers in India.

Bankrupt Adelphia Communications is paying nearly $715 million to settle a fraud charges with the Justice Department and SEC.

Click Fraud is a growing problem for Adsense and other Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising programs. The challenge that Google has with Adsense and click fraud is that they’re at risk of it happening from a number of angles.

I’m not sure how much steam is left in the click fraud story, but it continues to be the hottest topic in search.

Joe Holcomb is the Senior Vice President of Marketing for BlowSearch. Over at his personal blog, he has written one of the most eye-opening reports on what is going on with click fraud.

We knew it would come, and now it has. A consortium of advertisers have filed a class action suit in Arkansas, against a total of eleven Search engines including Yahoo! and Google over alleged click fraud…

China has ordered its banks to take further action to stop loan fraud and embezzlement.

Pay per click search engine advertising is one of the most popular ways to promote a website.

Two major headlines today on click fraud, the first comes from Mediapost reporting from SES NY who say …

An audit has found that Long Island’s Roslyn School District has experienced fraud on a larger scale than originally expected.

Bernard J. Ebbers, WorldCom’s former chief executive denied knowledge of the company’s fake accounting information.

The click fraud legend grows, and my clients couldn’t be happier. All of a sudden, our competitors are paying closer attention to the traffic they’re bidding on.

Former Marsh & McLennan managing director Kathryn Winter is the firm’s third executive to plead guilty to bid rigging charges.