Spammer Alan Ralsky Pleads Guilty

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @12:06AM from the big-fish-landed-and-gaffed dept.

Czmyt sends the excellent news that one of the US's most notorious spammers has pleaded guilty and could serve 6 years in jail. "Five individuals pleaded guilty today in federal court in Detroit for their roles in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of bulk commercial e-mails, or 'spamming'... Alan M. Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Scott K. Bradley, 38, also of West Bloomfield, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and to violate the CAN-SPAM Act. ... Ralsky and Bradley also pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, and violating the CAN-SPAM Act. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Ralsky acknowledges he is facing up to 87 months in prison and a $1 million fine..."

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Re:Judgement by arndawg · 2009-06-23 00:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, at least those execs and investors didn't clog up my inbox with V|agr@ ads
1999 called. They want their spamfilter back.
Re:Judgement by morgan_greywolf · 2009-06-23 00:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, we should only allow company executives and rich investors to take vast amounts of money through share price manipulation.
Not to worry. If there are three things we have in abundance, it's rope, lamp posts and gasoline.

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Plan of action by Mr_Icon · 2009-06-23 00:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Once he's in jail, we need to find out who his cellmate is, so we can send him inordinate amounts of penis enlargement ads.

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