The famous Italian telephone company is was again recalled in front of the judge after the accusation of the Milan prosecutor , which started an investigation. “Competition in computer fraud ” is the crime indicted against the telecommunications company, as the Corriere writes, to which have been seized in advance 18 million euro , or “the percentage forfeited by Wind for the services activated peacefully with fraudulent modalities until November 2018 by the companies producing contents Brightmobi and Yoom for the through the Pure Bros technology platform. “.

WindTre in the storm, the crime: computer fraud

Wind had already been accused of the fraud scandal technology last summer, where there were well 000 under investigation including 3 company executives. The July lesson does not seem to have been served to the company that, in the past few hours, has fallen back into the storm of illicit business to the detriment of customers. It often happens to see paid services and subscriptions such as gossip, horoscopes or music activated, without the customer’s consent . These fraudulent services are strictly prohibited , and are activated via a mechanism called “machine to machine” which is able to circumvent the consent procedure by the customer. Subscriptions “click zero” for a fee yes they activate automatically even if the deceptive banner is not clicked. That’s right, it is enough to visit the offending web page that the subscription has already started on the customer’s telephone account. Wind defends itself by stating that it has already reimbursed their customers for an amount equal to 20 million euros with an adjoining block of paid services. The power of attorney confirms Wind’s thesis but specifies that the reimbursements are of no relevance as they are made in 2019, or after the investigation period, dated November 2018.

According to the estimates, the large telephone companies make a significant profit from these rounds of illicit money, figures that exceed one billion euros every year . If the previous seizures by the content companies Brightmobi and are also considered Yoom , WindTre had a total of 38 million euros . It is curious to note that after the intervention of the Milan public prosecutor the activation of these deceptive paid subscriptions has decreased from approximately 40. 000 per day for only 100 per day .

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