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30 Years For Online Pharmacy Spammer

jotter507 writes "So, you get arrested for running an illegal online pharmacy and the judge orders you to stop selling medication over the Internet. Don't sit around and do nothing before the trial! Run off to the Dominican Republic on a false passport, withdraw money from an account ordered frozen, and start up another online 'pharmacy.' It didn't end well for 27-year old Christopher William Smith, also known as 'Rizler.' The world-reviled spammer and Internet drug dispenser received a 30-year sentence from a federal judge on Wednesday."

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  1. It would be nice by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 0, Troll

    It would be nice if people didn't post "print" links to articles. Lots of times this cuts out the advertising that the publisher has on the web page. Sure, most of us don't really care about the ads, but what helps the publisher make money to post the articles in the first place is the advertising revenue he gets from having thousands of eyeballs look at the ads. As publishers realize people are avoiding the ads, they are coming up with more complicated schemes like registration, etc. Who needs that?!!!

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