In its filing, Texas prosecutors describe the process as follows:
- The consumer signs a contract with Solvera.
- Solvera Defendants hire a California blogger to post an additional comment or review to whatever webpage the consumer has concerns about.
- Solvera Defendants hire a local Houston-area attorney claiming to have identified the individual who posted the negative information, draft a defamation lawsuit, and send the attorney the draft pleadings.
- The attorney files the defamation lawsuit, then later an agreed judgment, with the court.
- The court signs the agreed final judgment which orders the negative website de- indexed.
- Solvera Defendants take the judge’s order to Internet search engines to get them to de-index the site.
“Solvera Defendants at each stage of the above outlined process employ a variety of false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices through which they deceive and confuse customers, attorneys, Internet search providers, and Texas courts…” the complaint states.
