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7/10/2002 -- On June 6 San Antonio police seized assets of TestKiller Ltd., the company that runs the practice exam Web site TestKiller.com.

According to a police report filed with the Bexar County, Texas District Court on June 20, the raid was prompted by Microsoft, who alleged that the site was selling Microsoft certification exam questions.

In his affidavit, seizing police officer Daniel Flaharty, a detective in the Special Crimes Unit of the San Antonio Police Department, wrote that he was contacted by a representative from the anti-piracy office of Microsoft. The unnamed representative alleged to Flaharty that TestKiller Ltd. was selling Microsoft "trade secrets" in the form of questions and answers to Microsoft exams.

According to the report, Flaharty began an investigation based on Microsoft's complaint, which led to the June 6 seizure of $408,566.84 in cash as well as several phones, printers, computer equipment, software and other items from at least one location.

No charges have been filed in this investigation. Calls made to the Bexar County district attorney's office to determine whether the investigation was ongoing were not returned as of press time.

Garry L. Neale, one of Testkiller Ltd.'s owners, politely declined CertCities.com's request for an interview, referring all questions to his attorney, who is out of the country this week.

A spokesperson for Microsoft confirmed that the company was aware of the investigation but said he could not comment on it due to the legal nature of the story.

The Testkiller.com Web site has been offline since early June.

Neale is the former owner of Troy Technologies (TroyTec.com), which in December settled a civil copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by certification vendor CompTIA (see "CompTIA v. TroyTec Settled; Company Pulls CompTIA-Related Products from Site, Denies Wrongdoing").

CertCities.com will continue to follow this story and bring you further updates as they develop.  -B.N.



There are 254 CertCities.com user Comments for “Police Seize Assets of TestKiller.com”
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7/16/02: Anonymous from UK says: Why do Microsoft, Cisco, Novell etc have certifications: Answer:- To make money and to sell product, Side Effect: People get to know more about the products tend "through bias and self interest" promote the products which they have certifications in. If the companies were really serious about this the tests would be open book against the clock, as in the real world. Just because you can remember detail rather than look it up does'nt make you a better engineer or administrator. Open Book testing would remove most of the dumping.
7/16/02: PrincessGeek from Richwood, KY says: Try http://www.thebesttests.com if you want practice tests that are dead-on the types of questions you'll see, with explanations documented by online help, knowledge base and/or TechNet articles and NO BRAINDUMPING.
7/16/02: confused says: Used Troytec for one test. Used Transcender for another. Both had word for word questions that I got in the exam. Why is one "legal" and one "illegal"?
7/16/02: Anonymous from St. Louis says: I'M GLAD THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE STUDYING THIS EXAM PREP STUFF AND EASILY PASSING THE TESTS. THIS LOWERS THE VALUE OF THE MCSE CERT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING (BUT THE ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS). THIS, IN TURN, LOWERS MY WORTH AS AN MCSE.
7/16/02: paperMCSE with an I.T.JOB!(W/ 18 more Major Certs from California says: YOU CHEATED...WAAAAAAA...YOU CHEATED...WWWAAAAAA...IM GOING TO TELL MY MOMMY...WAAAAA...SEE THERE YOU GO AGAIN...NOW I POOP IN MY DIAPER...WWWAAAAAA....SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....I WANT MY MOMMY......WWWAAAAA.....YOU CHEATER.....YOU CHEATER....WAAAAA...WWWAAAAAA.......WWWWAAAAAAAA....OH NO...MORE POOPIE IN MY DIAPER....WWWAAAAAAAAA
7/16/02: paperMCSE with an I.T.JOB!(W/ 18 more Major Certs from California says: YOU CHEATED...WAAAAAAA...YOU CHEATED...WWWAAAAAA...IM GOING TO TELL MY MOMMY...WAAAAA...SEE THERE YOU GO AGAIN...NOW I POOP IN MY DIAPER...WWWAAAAAA....SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....I WANT MY MOMMY......WWWAAAAA.....YOU CHEATER.....YOU CHEATER....WAAAAA...WWWAAAAAA.......WWWWAAAAAAAA....OH NO...MORE POOPIE IN MY DIAPER....WWWAAAAAAAAA
7/16/02: paperMCSE with an I.T.JOB!(W/ 18 more Major Certs from California says: YOU CHEATED...WAAAAAAA...YOU CHEATED...WWWAAAAAA...IM GOING TO TELL MY MOMMY...WAAAAA...SEE THERE YOU GO AGAIN...NOW I POOP IN MY DIAPER...WWWAAAAAA....SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....I WANT MY MOMMY......WWWAAAAA.....YOU CHEATER.....YOU CHEATER....WAAAAA...WWWAAAAAA.......WWWWAAAAAAAA....OH NO...MORE POOPIE IN MY DIAPER....WWWAAAAAAAAA
7/16/02: Anonymous says: wow there are alot of crybabies here on this post
7/16/02: Anonymous says: Confused, the difference is, Transcender is MS approved and thus pays fees on the millions they make a year to MS, so it's okay. It's ALL about money, these goodie two shoes just want to whine because they can't find jobs and need a scapegoat to blame it on.
7/17/02: Anonymous says: What a bunch of cry babies! You either pass the exam or you do not. If you use these sites, you STILL have to study. Let Microsoft make its $$$ on the tests; we will still jump through the hoops because some employers think the tests are important indicators of abilitiy to learn!
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