Aleksandr Zhukov, 41, convicted of bilking advertisers out of more than $7 million in payments for online ads never viewed by real humans. He and associates created fake sites, and programmed data centers to create fake users, to make it appear that real individuals were viewing the advertising. Methbot generated billions of fake ad views – aka impressions – before it was shut down. Victims of the scheme included The New York Times, Comcast, Nestle Purina, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and Time Warner Cable.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/7-million-digital-advertising-scam-russian-man-convicted-a-16772