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Re: Top Spammer Arrested; Watch for Decrease in Spam Mail

Rick Merrill (rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com)
Thu, 31 May 2007 07:16:23 -0400

Gene Johnson wrote:

> By GENE JOHNSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer

> A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific
> spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer
> users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk
> e-mail.

> Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised
> "zombie" computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.

> "He's one of the top 10 spammers in the world," said Tim Cranton, a
> Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company's
> Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. "He's a huge problem for our
> customers. This is a very good day."

> A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against
> Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud,
> aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

> Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a
> judge determined that -- even with four bank accounts seized by the
> government -- he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.

> He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive
> Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are
> seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his
> business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.

> A public defender who represented him for Wednesday's hearing declined
> to comment.

> Prosecutors say Soloway used computers infected with malicious code to
> send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called
> "zombies" because owners typically have no idea their machines have
> been infected.

They should try using the Rico Laws because of his use of zombies.

Seriously!

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