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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge ordered a Los Angeles company Wednesday to stop sending unsolicited e-mails the Federal Trade Commission and California's attorney general allege violate so-called anti-spamming regulations.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti, at the urging of the government, directed Optin Global Inc. and its owner and president to refrain from sending bulk e-mails advertising mortgages, pharmaceutical products and online college degrees. The government said the e-mails are illegal because the messages allegedly are not marked as advertisements, they don't provide consumers with a method of getting off the distribution list and, among other things, they don't identify the sender.
John Chu, the attorney for Optin and its owner Rick Yang and president Peonie Pui Ting Chen, disputed the allegations in a hearing. "I don't think they've violated any law," Chu said. He added that his clients conduct "business in good faith."
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