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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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old school. Let him write 1 billions times. I will never spam again. I will never spam again. i will never spam again
He can probably do that in two clicks in seven languages.
Oh the irony here – he was spaming erectile disfuction pills and now he will be in prison...Probably hopes his fellow inmates weren't clients.
Oh the irony here – he was spaming erectile disfuction pills and now he will be in prison...Probably hopes his fellow inmates weren't clients.
Hang him.
Humankind's legacy; when advanced lifeforms comb through the ruins of our society, they will still find penis enlargement emails attempting to be sent through the Internet.
But then again, that's what can be found in 2,000 year old ruins of Pompeii; mosaics of large phallus's. I guess nothing changes.
Torture him until he turns, provides plenty of evidence and rats out his other Spam-mates. Then arrest a few of those Spam-mates, then turn this guy loose. The remaining Spam-mates will take care of him, NASTILY and PERMANENTLY, and a lot quicker than our own justice system would.
He will walk in our justice system.
The best freedom that money can buy.
And he's got the money honey.
who knew a lowly chess board could be so evil.
It's black and white.
Polka dots better.
up up and away!!!!
This guy would not have been succesful if no one would buy crap from spam emails.
I say hang virus writers and slow torture for life to spammers.
Why don't people have common sense and just use Gmail, or heck, use their spam filters. I mean, I've been using Gmail for about six and a half years now, and I don't even notice spam anymore. I mean It's nice having an automatic filter that doesn't count towards your inbox space. I think I'm still technically getting spam emails, but I haven't seen their subject lines for years now. Any sensible person should have long reduced spam email to an afterthought by now. Gmail makes it so even internet n00bs can do it.
If you don't get a lot of emails the computer companies could not sell you a new computer when it loads up.That is what slows your thing down. All them videos forwards.Even if you delete them they are still there.
You don't get any of this crap if you know how to protect yourself. A little education will go a long way when it comes to protecting you and your pc.
Yeh,pull the plug.
Send me all his email accounts. I can use them.
Cut his balls off.
My condolences to Hormel...