Fourteen alleged operators of technical support scams...

Fourteen alleged operators of technical support scams were ordered to pay more than $5.1 million in default judgments, in multiple judgments filed by the U.S. District Court in New York City, said an FTC news release Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1x7aOKi). According to each of the six judgments, defendants failed to respond to the FTC’s complaints, causing the court to enter the default judgments against them. The defendants were charged with posing as major computer companies and obtaining fees from consumers to fix false malware problems on their computers, the FTC said. “The default judgments permanently ban the defendants from marketing any computer security-related technical support service,” the FTC said. “The judgments also ban them from continuing their deceptive tactics and from disclosing, selling or failing to dispose of information they obtained from victims."