Google Pays $500 Million to Avoid Criminal Prosecution
The United States Department of Justice ('DOJ') had been investigating Google Inc. ('GOOG') concerning display of online advertisements for Canadian pharmacies who illegally sold prescription drugs to US customers. This is a copy of the Non-Prosecution Agreement, entered between DOJ and GOOG, whereby GOOG agrees to forfeit $500 Million in Adwords revenues earnged from Canadian pharmacies, in exchange for DOJ forgoing criminal prosecution.
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