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Re: Big League Spammer Ralsky in Custody; May be Singing ...

Linc Madison (lincmad@suespammers.org)
Fri, 05 May 2006 11:30:42 -0700

In article <telecom25.164.9@telecom-digest.org>, Robert Bonomi
<bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com> wrote:

> Note: the valleywag.com report is *UNCONFIRMED* by any other source
> at this time. It's been picked-up/repeated in several other places,
> but _all_ the reports trace back to this single 'pseudonymous' source
> of unknown credibility.

The report appears to have been false.

http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Spam_King_Alan_Ralsky_not_jailed.asp

It is true, though, that Sanford Wallace, "The [other] Spam King,"
lost a civil suit brought by the FTC over "spyware," and was ordered
to pay over $4 million in damages.

See http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0423142/WallaceFinalJudgment.pdf
[PDF file]

Not quite as "juicy" as bringing Ralsky up on criminal charges, but a
nice smack upside the head to a deserving target, all the same.

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