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Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail arraigned
[Updated at 11:00 p.m.] Oleg Nikolaenko, a Russian man the FBI believes has been responsible for one-third of the spam in your inbox, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in Wisconsin.
[Posted at 10:20 a.m.] A Russian man the FBI believes has been responsible for one-third of the spam you get in your inbox is scheduled to be arraigned in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, court Monday.
According to court documents and FBI affidavits, researchers began tracking down the "Mega-D" spam automated botnet as a prime source of selling counterfeit goods, and the mastermind of it all is Oleg Nikolaenko.
"'Mega-D" was likely the largest botnet in the world, accounting for 32% of all spam," the court documents said. "Security researchers estimated that the botnet was capable of sending ten billion spam email messages a day.”
The documents show the scope of the counterfeit ring and the authorities' attempts to track down Nikolaenko.
A glimpse into how much Nikolaenko's operation may have made can be seen in court documents that allege that he received a payment of $459,098.47 between June 4 and December 5, 2007, resulting from e-mails for those peddling everything from advertised erectile dysfunction drugs, other counterfeit prescriptions, "herbal remedies" and even fake Rolex watches.
A break in finding the alleged mastermind was one of those watches. The path to Nikolaenko began when a seller of counterfeit Rolexes told authorities after he was arrested that he paid more than $2 million working with spammers to sell his product. He gave them information that resulted in a trail of information that led officials across several continents, to different e-mail addresses and websites and, eventually, back to Nikolaenko.
FBI agents and the Federal Trade Commission had been monitoring him since at least 2007, according to documents. That included two trips to the U.S. last year. And their big nab came when he went to Las Vegas, Nevada, for an auto show. He was arrested on November 4.
Christopher Van Wagner, Nikolaenko's lawyer, could not be reached immediately for comment. But he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that so far, the charges against his client are only accusations.
"We're prepared to present a rigorous defense," he said.
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I had to close down one of my yahoo email accounts because of a phishing program that started emailing all my contacts spam. It's really annoying. I really hate the perpetual virgin hackers out there. Maybe if they spent more time at the gym instead of creating viruses they could feel the warm touch of a woman instead of a keyboard and the cold wet can of an energy drink.
Narrator: The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.
stupider?
You want to kill a man that was spamming, are you fckng kidding me? What about all this polical crooks, and all the iligal activity our own government has been engaging in around the fckng globe, along side with bankers and diplomats. Now I know why our country id fcked up, ignorant basterds thats keep their bling folds on in the middle of a plain day, pothetic!
How many human lives were wasted? Add up all the moments, hours, frustration and labor hours dealing with the results of the spam. How many human lifetimes were completely totally wasted?
You're suggesting that we kill everyone, or no one? Hmmm. Not sure which way I lean on that idea.
"Whad'ya mean uggghhhh...I Dont Like SPAM!"
Monty Python never gets old! Hold the baked beans and give me more spam.
Put this guy to work, hes a modernday Frank Abagnale Jr of the cyber world and hes still so young
Cillian Murphy sent me spam? What an honor.
Chain him to a signpost in the middle of a busy intersection, and force him to loudly recite verbatim the text of every spam e-mail message he ever sent while passersby walk by and kick him.
Woo hoo! Less spam for us. Good for the bugger. A little timeout in jail will help him collect his thoughts and maybe start doing something productive for mankind.
He should be censured.
They should put him to work to catch the remaining spammers as part of his sentence. Becuase he is clearly a very intelligent individual.
No problem here Obama will grant him a pardon with the cocaine dealers that he just recently pardoned
Huh?????
$TFU hater...
Jeez, people like you make us conservatives look bad.
just take way his computer for a few years 😛
Would that make him a Congressman?
who G'sAF
Turned him into Spam meat.
once a russian...