Spam's 'poster boy' indicted

[flashl]

Source: CNN

A man described as one of U.S.'s most prolific senders of spam e-mail was indicted by a federal grand jury over a fraud scheme that manipulated Chinese stock prices, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Alan Ralsky, 52, was among 11 defendants named in the 41-count indictment, returned by a grand jury in Detroit. Authorities said he made millions of dollars by manipulating the stock prices through a massive global spamming operation.

Dubbed the "the poster boy for spam," Ralsky, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, is widely known for high-profile legal battles involving spamming operations that tout everything from mortgages to stocks to diet pills, .

Ralsky remained at large Thursday evening, but his son-in-law Scott Bradley was arrested Thursday along with another defendant, Judy Devenow, and both appeared in federal court for arraignment, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/03/us.spam/

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The M$M would have you to believe that all email scams comes from Nigeria.

[ret5hd]

1. I would describe cnn as "msm"...

just sayin'.

[flashl]

2. Noted.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Ah. Old Ralsky.

I've actually talked to him on IRC once. Nice guy.

Shiksaa must be pleased.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Interesting.

I get hit with a ton of spam a day. Yesterday, in comparison, the spam nearly stopped.

I wonder if there is some kind of connection.

[Demeter]

5. My Spam Load Dropped Significantly This Fall

It seems to decline every time there's a high-profile spammer bust. More power to the ones who do this valuable service.

[Kittycat]

6. Mine did too, but around Christmas it started picking up again

20 messages in the trash so far today.

[Turbineguy]

7. Gee, and here I thought

I was foolish for not responding to those chances to make millions in "skinky pinkies".

[damntexdem]

8. And he's not even a Viking?

Oh, not THAT Spam! ;-)

[superconnected]

9. just as long as they stop the messages to enlarge appedages I don't have...

[fasttense]

10. A scam artist is born every minute. n/t