Removing Negative Google Reviews With A Fake Court Orders
New York Man Busted Using Fake Court Orders To Remove Negative Google Reviews From the Internet Negative Google Reviews can make or break a business on the internet. Even if they are fake and they are extremely hard to remove. Michael Arnstein took it to an extreme and crossed the line. The court sentenced Arnstein to nine months in prison. He conspired with others to forge a federal judge’s signature on counterfeit court orders. Arnstein then submitted the fake court orders to Google to get negative reviews about his business removed from search results. Arnstein pled guilty on September 15, 2017. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: Michael Arnstein’s blatant criminal scheme to exploit the authority of the federal judiciary for his company’s benefit was outrageous. As Arnstein has learned, his attempts to remove negative reviews about his business from Google search results by forging a U.S. District Court judge’s signature may h...