This
looks like justice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4978426.stmA man accused of infecting PCs with spyware has been fined $4m.
The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sanford Wallace to hand over the money he made by putting the unwanted software on computers.
The FTC imposed fines because Mr Wallace did not get permission from users to install the software that bombarded them with pop-up adverts.
That sounds fine but this sheds another light on the episode ...
The FTC said the judgement is intended to settle the matter and should not be taken as an admission of guilt.
So rather than compensating the victims of this man they are just after the cash for themselves it seems.
Without offering to right the wrongs done by people like this man ,these fines are just another stealth tax.
