{"id":6175,"date":"2019-03-29T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/office-depot-fined-25-million-for-scamming-customers-with-bogus-malware-scans\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T09:00:03","slug":"office-depot-fined-25-million-for-scamming-customers-with-bogus-malware-scans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=6175","title":{"rendered":"Office Depot Fined $25 Million For Scamming Customers With Bogus Malware Scans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/office-depot-fined-scamming-customers-malware-scans\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/47639\/thumbnail\/default\/officedepotthumb.jpg\" alt=\"Office Depot Fined $25 Million For Scamming Customers With Bogus Malware Scans\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit Office Depot with a $25 million fine for its part in an expansive scheme to trick customers into paying for oftentimes unnecessary computer repairs. 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