As I still get dozens of emails from lawyers in Nigeria promising me millions if I'll just forward them my bank information, I was pleased to read the other day that at least one notorious spammer has just got his! It would seem that Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity. Ralsky has been a serial spammer for years bring in about $3 million every twelve months The current litany of charges includes mail and wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and violation of federal spamming laws. This from the Detroit Free Press: "The 41-count indictment said Ralsky ... and others used unsolicited e-mail to pump up the price of largely worthless stock in Chinese companies and sold the stock reaping huge profits and leaving Internet subscribers who purchased it holding the bag. The operation also used illegal methods to maximize the amount of spam that could be sent while evading spam-blocking devices and tricked recipients into opening and acting on advertisements, prosecutors said."
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Table for life, Sir?
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