FBI Raids Spam King

FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
The Detroit News Technology is reporting that the FBI has raided spam king Alan Ralsky's home in Michigan, effectively putting a stop to his mass email operation.

Warrants unsealed last week revealed that agents in September seized computers, laptops, financial records and disks from the 8,000-square-foot home of Mr. Ralsky. The $750,000 West Bloomfield mini-mansion was built off profits from the 100 million electronic offers for everything from Botox to mortgages that Ralsky sends every day.
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"We're out of business at this point in time," Ralsky said last week. "They didn't shut us down. They took all our equipment, which had the effect of shutting us down."
Source: The Detroit News Technology

Comments

  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Sweet :thumbsup:
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited October 2005
    :thumbsup: :Pwned: Go FBI!
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Waah. They shut us down... how sad.

    Not that this is really significant. For every Alan Ralsky there's twenty Hong Wen Tsu's and twenty Ilya Nastrovich's out there. :(
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2005
    To think that this guy was right in my backyard the whole time. :rolleyes:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    If convicted, his perfect sentence would be to sit in front of a computer monitor for the next few years with nothing to read except SPAM. Before he could listen to any telephone calls, he'd have to listen to telemarketing. No TV, just informercials. No hard copy mail - just SPAM.

    Oh well, another one is flushed.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    I have no doubt that he'll be back. There's still far too much money to be made in spamming.
    Spamhaus still lists him as the #1 spammer in the world.
    http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listing.lasso?-op=cn&spammer=Alan%20Ralsky
  • WingaWinga Mr South Africa Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    One down one million to go. There's a sucker born every minute, so there will always be people like him around to exploit that. Still feels good to know that to some extent, justice has been done.
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