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Massachusetts Drops Hammer on Spam Gang

Posted by Zonk on from the pork-profiteers dept.

karvind writes "According to story on BBC and Yahoo, the Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against one of the world's biggest spam gangs. An emergency court order granted under the suit should see the network of websites the spammers ran shut down. Attorney General Thomas Reilly's civil complaint against alleged ringleader Leo Kuvayev and six other people associated with 2K Services Ltd. and Ecash Pay Ltd. Offered for sale on the websites were pornography, pills, pirated software and fake fancy watches."

2 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With all of the taxes you have to pay in Taxachusettes, some of it was bound to do something good...

  2. Still can't buy that revolver I wanted by Licorice101 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    At least the AG is finally doing what he is supposed to do: protecting us from fraud and killer toys... rather than producing useless gun laws under the assumption that they are "protecting our children".

    Smart parents protect our children.