The CEO of a corporation indicted of making no less than US$100 million by vending out harmful scareware antivirus products was already a deserter from U. S. authorities, following his arrest in 2008 on unlawful counterfeiting charges.

Shailesh Kumar Jain is one of three men who were accused by the U. S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for apparently operating a colossal scareware distribution ring.

He is now considered to be residing in Ukraine, but came there only after giving authorities the trip after getting arrested by federal managers in 2008 on accusations that his corporation sold counterfeit editions of Symantec antivirus products.

Jain has been taken as a deserter by U. S. authorities ever since early 2009, when he skipped out on a $250,000 contract and did not turn up for a Jan. 12 California court appearance.

Jain had been running a Ukrainian corporation named Innovative Marketing, which prosecutors say sold an amazing 1 million copies of fake antivirus products for example WinFixer, Antivirus 2008 and VirusRemover 2008.

As per to court filings, Innovative Marketing was one of numerous firms that Jain ran, first he vend out counterfeit Symantec products and afterwards, he moved into the scareware trade with products like WinFixer.