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Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne Spying on People – Again

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Fresh off the heels of a California Judge imposing a $6.8 million judgment against Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) for false advertising and unlawful business practices, the company is in trouble again. This time a class action complaint alleges that employees of the company cold called the cell phone numbers of prospective customers seeking to sell them insurance, secretly recorded those conversations without their permission, and deceitfully obtained "highly personal and private information."

According to the complaint:

Plaintiff alleges that Defendant [Overstock.com] continues to violate Penal Code § 632.7 by impermissibly recording its telephone conversations with California residents while said residents are on cellular telephones.

The complaint further alleges that:

9. On or about March 12, 2014, Plaintiff received...

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