Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the FTC Sue Yosef Bernath

Premium Home Services CEO Yosef Bernath

The lawsuit alleges that Yosef Bernath, who ran B.E.S.T. GDR, LLC dba Premium Home Services (PHS), set up fake Google Business Profiles (GBPs). The business listings lead to overseas call centers, which would subcontract the work. PHS and Yosef would enroll the consumers in subscription services and long-term contracts with a local company. The fake …

Is Spark Management buying Fake Google Reviews for Its Properties?

Declan Whitmore Google reviews

Spark Management owns and operates 20 apartment complexes across Alabama and Tennessee. 12 out of the 20 complexes have highly suspicious reviews. For starters, Darren Smith reviewed eight properties. Those properties are Suncrest Estates Apartments, Rhodes Ferry Apartments, Courtney Square Apartments, Annex at Rocket City Apartments, Clinton Place Apartments, The Henry Apartments, Beaver Hollow Apartments, …

Complete Healthcare Addiction Treatment Locations seem to have Suspicious Reviews

Zoe Bennett Google reviews

10 out of 11 Complete Healthcare Addiction Treatment Google Business Profiles (GBPs) have highly suspicious review activity. I discovered them after investigating the review for Jaser Zaabri’s Evolve Construction’s GBPs. I found cases where people who reviewed a Complete Healthcare GBP reviewed one or more Evolve Construction GBP. Only one location has no suspicious reviews. …