Four years ago, my colleague Jeremy B. Merrill wrote about Google directing people to websites that tricked small business ...

Google is suing a man it says was part of a scam network creating fake businesses on Google Maps. The network allegedly collected and sold the personal data of users who contacted those businesses.

Google filed a lawsuit alleging a Maryland man and others created fake business listings on Google Maps and sold consumers' ...

According to the lawsuit, which was announced on Wednesday, Google claims a man working with a wider network of people allegedly created and sold fake business profiles to be listed on Google Maps.

Google is suing a network of scammers who manipulated Google Maps by faking or hijacking about 10,000 business listings to ...

The navigation service Google Maps is taking legal action against bogus businesses on its platform that skim and sell user data.

Google is suing a Maryland man and others for allegedly abusing the tech company's services to create fake online listings for phony businesses, bolstering said businesses with sham views from ...