Samsung sentenced to a heavy fine for HTC trolled within comments

Caught red-handed for hiring people so that they publish on the web comments trolling happily Products HTC , Samsung was ordered to pay a fine of $ 340,000.

The investigation into the publication of false criticism HTC products on command Samsung has finally been completed. And the conclusion is quite clear: Samsung is ordered to pay 10 million new Taiwan dollars, or about 340,000 U.S. dollars after conversion done.

In April, suspicions emerged: it seemed pretty obvious that Samsung had hired Taiwanese students so they write negative comments against HTC products on different websites.The Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan has since opened an investigation, which led to the discovery of pot roses.

Samsung has already expressed regret that decision, as far as the incident. The company has vowed to investigate and "take the necessary measures to ensure that credibility is maintained." Because Samsung is not directly involved in the case, which would have been conducted by subsidiaries and dealers, also condemned since, but far less substantial fines.