F.T.C. v. ROSS

No. 12-2340.

743 F.3d 886 (2014)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kristy ROSS, individually and as officer of Innovative Marketing, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and Innovative Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Winsolutions FZ-LLC, d/b/a Billingnow, d/b/a Winpayment Consultancy SPC, d/b/a BillPlanet PTE Ltd., d/b/a Revenue Response Sunwell, d/b/a Globedat, d/b/a Winsecure Solutions, d/b/a Synergy Software BV, d/b/a Innovative Marketing Ukraine; Bytehosting Internet Services, LLC; James Reno, d/b/a Setupahost.net, individually, and as an officer of ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC; Sam Jain, individually and as an officer of Innovative Marketing, Inc.; Daniel Sundin, d/b/a Vantage Software, d/b/a Winsoftware, Ltd., individually and as an officer of Innovative Marketing, Inc.; Marc D'Souza, d/b/a Web Integrated Net Solutions, individually and as an officer of Innovative Marketing, Inc.; Maurice D'Souza, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert P. Greenspoon , Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Theodore Metzler , Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William W. Flachsbart , Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. David C. Shonka , Acting General Counsel, John F. Daly , Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge FLOYD and Senior JUDGE Hamilton joined.


DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Trade Commission sued Kristy Ross in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland for engaging in deceptive internet advertising practices. After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment enjoining Ross from participating in the deceptive practices and holding her jointly and severally liable for equitable monetary consumer redress in the amount of $163,167,539.95. F.T.C. v. Ross, 897 F.Supp...

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