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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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The "MegaDik" spams had the funniest subject lines of any spams I've ever received. Checking my spam inbox for accidental deletions over the years has resulted in much comedy gold from this man. I'm honestly sad to see him go!
Hey, I once worked at Helix Electric. They are all Russian there
Now if they could only catch "Rachel from Card Holder Services" and get them to stop the SPAM phone calls!
Shoot him or hang him then feed his body to lions and aligators in the zoo.
super glue his butt shut and feed him bran muffins and coffee all day long!
and b/c he will be in a prison soon...
@ Worried: Go to Amazon.com for those items! I got screwed (unknowingly) on a watch I purchased from that site! Realized it when the watch broke 8-9 weeks after I bought it, purchased the exact model from a reptable store, then compared the watches side-by-side.
I have some boxes of Viagara and a few Rolexes (not fake, the real one) the first 10,000 will get it free please send your name, address, social security number, your mothers maiden name, and the name of your first pet with a check of $10 for processing fee to
iamasuckerforcrooks@feedtherich.edu
Sad thing is people will click this. STOP IT thats a bad mental user!
if i never had a pet, would u take my bank account number and pin instead??
oooh, oooh, what was that address do I send check or money order? :>}
@ Worried: Go to Amazon.com for those items! I got screwed (unknowingly) on a watch I purchased from that site! Realized it when the watch broke 8-9 weeks after I bought it. Purchased the exact model from a reputable store, & compared the watches side-by-side.
many here seem to think this guy should be tortured to death for causing you to be slightly annoyed with spam messages. What does that say about your character if you think that is an appropriate punishment. Sorry but if you choose to buy something from a spam message then you're an idiot. Learn your lesson and move on. This guy was just an advertiser not a hardened violent criminal. You people are nuts. I'd much rather hang out with him than you bunch of sadists who would enjoy causing someone else to suffer such horrible torture. I know that most say so half joking but still. It's a scary thought that this is how your perverted minds work.
It's this funny little thing called sarcasm. You should try it sometime.
I would love to join any civil or criminal lawsuit or class action law suit against this individual. The hours I waste daily clearing my spam filters so that patient emails are not misses are costly and aggravating. And if has profited in anyway on selling or using my email access then I believe he owes me at the very least 50 Million dollars.
Use gmail... it correctly identifies and puts almost all of the spam in the spam folder.
Mrs. Rumpole will miss him when he is gone. It was they only mail she ever received...
Some of you are deranged. Yeah, spam sucks but remove his skin inch by inch? I'm sure you're mostly joking but that's really not humorous.
Actually, it is. What do you expect out here on this forum? Its entertainment.
In Texas, he would be executed by sundown.
Andy, how many John Tesh CDs do you own?
Get em, Get that ruski Russian MF.
Why is electronic spam illegal, yet i get hundreds of ads a week in my physical mail? Wouldn't reducing this not only reduce the burden on citizens, but it would reduce the burden on the USPS for processing it, and reduce the waste created by all of the paper thrown away every day. That seems to fit well into the nation's efforts to "go green".
If he is convicted. He should only get spam for all his meals. LMAO!!!