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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."

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  1. So who will win the PR war by peragrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    New York's Attoreny General

    or

    Massachusetts attorney general?

    Both are making huge names for themselves by fighting the fights no one else wants to touch.

    --
    i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
  2. No joke by superpulpsicle · · Score: 4, Funny

    My spam count has gone from "insane" to "alot". I guess we haven't arrested enough.

  3. Gang... :) by mreed911 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Internet Spam Gang"

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What's their hand sign? Do they go around flashing their USB drive covers to each other to represent their set? Do they have license plates with their IP subnets? Yeah, boyee!