infoUSA Implicated in Scam?
The New York Times article on list brokering has taken an interesting turn. Two sources, the New York Sun and Sajaforum are reporting that infoUSA Implicated In Telemarketing Scam
The story is of interest because the original New York Times story did not report the relationship, in terms of financial support, between infoUSA and the Clinton's.
According to the New York Sun,
"A Nebraska entrepreneur facing allegations that his firm does business with scam artists targeting the elderly, Vinod Gupta, has directed more than $3 million in the past decade to political campaigns and projects connected with President Clinton and Senator Clinton.
Mr. Gupta's company, infoUSA, Inc., repeatedly rented marketing databases to unscrupulous individuals who used the lists to engage in fraud, according to the New York Times. A front-page article in the Sunday paper said the company promoted a list called "Suffering Seniors," which featured ailing older people, and other lists of "Elderly Opportunity Seekers" and those deemed to be "gullible."
infoUSA has responded by decrying the recycling of three year old news, charges which it believes have long been settled.
