Innovative Marketing

Innovative Marketing, Inc., also known as Innovative Marketing Ukraine, was a cybercrime company based in Kyiv, Ukraine, founded by Shaileshkumar "Sam" Jain and Bjorn Sundin.[1] The company developed and sold scareware anti-virus programs that claimed to detect and remove viruses from computers.[2] The company's software was distributed by hackers who infected machines with scareware,[2] as well as illegitimate ads on major websites.[3] The company earned $180 million in revenue in 2009, and $500 million in the three years they sold malicious software.[1] Jain and Sundin are both fugitives and are wanted by the FBI.[4][5]

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  3. ^ "FTC v. Innovative Marketing, Inc., et al" (PDF). 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "SHAILESHKUMAR P. JAIN". Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "BJORN DANIEL SUNDIN". Retrieved 2 January 2021.