Spammer Lance Atkinson Fined $16 Million

Nashville Guy writes "According to Australia's The Age, 'A New Zealand man living in Queensland and believed to be behind the world's largest spam operation, has been ordered to pay more than $16 million for running the illegal enterprise. Lance Atkinson, 26, originally from Christchurch, was living in Pelican Waters on the Sunshine Coast when the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had his assets frozen last year. ... The FTC found Atkinson and American Jody Smith were at the centre of the world's largest internet spam operation, dubbed 'AffKing,' having recruited spammers from around the world.'"

Comments

Re:And Yet He Won't Pay a Penny

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

If justice is unavailable, I'd settle for an "accident". Those happen all the time, and can be quite gruesome.

Re:And Yet He Won't Pay a Penny

[w0mprat]

It appears that New Zealand does extradite to the U.S.

I guess the question is whether or not the U.S. will request it.

New Zealand != Australia, the man lives in Queensland, an Australian state. That must be a north american understanding of geopraphy I detect. You see, Australia is just a small island somewhere to the south of New Zealand and the continent of Tasmania... um...wait..