{"id":58336,"date":"2025-03-21T07:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/adtech-ceo-whose-products-detected-fraud-jailed-for-financial-fraud\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:32:07","slug":"adtech-ceo-whose-products-detected-fraud-jailed-for-financial-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/adtech-ceo-whose-products-detected-fraud-jailed-for-financial-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"AdTech CEO whose products detected fraud jailed for financial fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former CEO of Kubient, an advertising tech company that developed a cloudy product capable of detecting fraudulent ads, has been jailed for fraud.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Paul Roberts was sent down on Thursday for a year and a day, for faking financial records after also faking a test of his company\u2019s software.<\/p>\n<p>As <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/former-ceo-kubient-inc-sentenced-prison-connection-accounting-fraud-scheme\">detailed<\/a> by the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Roberts and an unnamed company conspired to provide $1.3 million worth of services to each other.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The scheme saw Kubient promise to use its KAI fraud detection software to scan data provided by the unnamed company and an affiliate. The scan was billed as a test of KAI\u2019s powers.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the Attorney\u2019s Office, Roberts \u201cdirected Kubient employees to generate fake KAI reports based on made-up metrics and no underlying data at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite doing no work of value, Kubient charged the other company $1.3 million and then recognized that as revenue. Kubient also claimed to have paid the unnamed company $1.3 million for services.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Both companies therefore ended up with a nice slug of extra revenue on their books. Which was useful to Kubient, because it had very little real revenue and hoped to go public. Roberts used the fake reports generated for the unnamed company to convince Kubient\u2019s auditors the $1.3 million of revenue was real.<\/p>\n<p>The company listed in 2020 and raised over $33 million after initial and secondary public offerings.<\/p>\n<p>The US Securities and Exchange Commission got wind of the situation and in 2024 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2024-131\">filed<\/a> charges against Roberts, plus Kubient\u2019s CFO and Audit Committee Chair who learned of the faked revenue before the secondary public offering and didn\u2019t inform investors.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts pled guilty and on Thursday was sentenced to jail, plus a year of supervised release.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2024 Kubient <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2023\/05\/24\/2675681\/0\/en\/Kubient-and-Adomni-Announce-Definitive-Merger-Agreement.html?fbclid=IwAR2zuJxC9nvNyiSl7olQ5ZD_6fBDaVp9DXyLtbj7BJlXBBwrArVBW8Hts1Q\">announed<\/a> a plan to with an outfit called Adomni. The latter company said the deal would mean \u201cKubient\u2019s AI product KAI will be harnessed to deliver better advertising campaigns via Adomni\u2019s platforms. These include enhanced accuracy of fraud prevention via AI-powered algorithms, real-time data monitoring and analysis of incoming data, advanced pattern recognition within the data, brand protection from fraudulent media, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Z91HWGK_npdkBKBAjlLfWQAAAQE&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>At this point, readers might think KAI was real and useful.<\/p>\n<p>But by November 2023, Kubient voluntarily <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/press-release\/kubient-announces-voluntary-delisting-from-the-nasdaq-capital-market-2023-11-13\">delisted<\/a> from the NASDAQ stock exchange. And in December 2024 it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/pdf.secdatabase.com\/329\/0001140361-23-056405.pdf\">terminated<\/a> [PDF] the merger agreement in December 2024. The company appears to have wound up. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/21\/kubient_ceo_jailed\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made up revenue and pretended to use non-existent data The former CEO of Kubient, an advertising tech company that developed a cloudy product capable of detecting fraudulent ads, has been jailed for fraud.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AdTech CEO whose products detected 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