Facebook sues alleged scammer over sex and Jennifer Lopez ads

May 24, 2014

Facebook is suing a former advertiser on its site, claiming he ran multiple ad accounts to promote sexual content and used a simple trick to scam the social network out of US$340,000.The lawsuit, filed this week, asks a federal court in San Francisco to ban Martin Grunin of Brooklyn, New York, from Facebook for life and to force him to pay back the money he allegedly owes.According to the lawsuit, Grunin started placing ads on Facebook in early 2011 that “purported to offer casual dating services and included a picture of a woman with a sexually explicit and profane caption.”Grunin couldn’t be reached for comment Friday.The ads, which linked to sites that paid Grunin for the traffic he sent them, resulted in Facebook issuing a cease-and-desist letter that Grunin accepted, according to the complaint. But he continued to open new accounts and kept advertising.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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