Last week, the search engine company Google announced depositing a large sum for the possible implementation of penalties as a result of ongoing testing at the moment. According to the newspaper Wall Street Journal, the penalties may involve violations of criminal law in the United States of premeditated reception and display advertising from pharmacies that have violated the rules of storage and sale of drugs.
According to sources, Wall Street Journal, the major organs that are involved in testing, are Rhode Island State Prosecutor's Office and the Office for Quality Control of food, medicines and cosmetics.
Ads from online pharmacies located in Canada and other countries, but it is unknown whether they were counterfeit drugs or drugs that should be strictly taken into account, were sold without a prescription.
Last month, Google announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the advertising of counterfeit products in AdWords, as fakes, sold in pharmacies Web "for years been a problem."
An investigation of supervisory organizations will be called upon to determine whether there was intentional receiving ads. In 2007, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have paid fines totaling $ 31.5 million for the illegal display of advertising casino. Then, Google paid only $ 3 million and the principal amount of the penalty fell on Microsoft and Yahoo.
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