Porno Webmasters nailed in $43m credit scam | The Register

Porno Webmasters nailed in $43m credit scam | The Register: "The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday ordered a California Web-porn outfit to pay $37.5 million in restitution for a credit-card billing scam, made possible after the defendants purchased access to a database of three million credit-card numbers from Charter Pacific Bank of Agoura Hills, California, and illegally tacked charges onto those accounts to the tune of $43 million, or over ninety per cent of their annual revenues.
Dennis Rappaport and Kenneth and Teresa Taves of Malibu, California, as well as their businesses, J.K. Publications, Inc., MJD Service Corp., Herbal Care, Inc., and Discreet Bill, Inc., were all named in the suit."