Russian Spammer Charged in Wisconsin
PrintFederal authorities believe they have in custody one of the most active spammers in the world. Oleg Y. Nikolaenko, a 23-year-old from Moscow, stands accused of spearheading a global spamming network that on some days accounted for 33 percent of unwanted mails, according to Yahoo News.
Nikolaenko will be arraigned today in federal court in Milwaukee where he is to be charged with running afoul of the CAN-SPAM act. In order to bring about that charge, a person must be accused of intentionally falsifying header information in commercial emails and sending at least 2,500 spam messages a day.
Authorities believe Nikolaenko's spam network was sending up to 10 billion messages every day, far more than the minimum requirement for the CAN-SPAM act. If convicted, he faces a maximum three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Mighty BOB!
December 04, 2010 at 3:14am
If he's really some sort of spam kingpin then $250,000 is mere peanuts to him.
Jox
December 03, 2010 at 7:57pm
How is it that this complete bastard could get off with a lesser fine than Jammie Thomas? We need to convince the RIAA/MPAA that he's somehow involved in piracy.
-Jox
timmyw
December 03, 2010 at 11:38am
Can't we give him multiple charges. Let's see 10 billion/day divided by the 2500 minimum, that's 4,000,000 counts per day at 3 years each. 12 million years in jail for each day he spewed. Sounds about right. The fine would come to $1 trillion dollars a day; we could pay off the national debt.
Mattrickc
December 03, 2010 at 1:02pm
It's not irony, clearly this guy was not only sending out spam emails but also spamming our very own MaximumPC website!!
The spamming is over!
sniggler
December 03, 2010 at 11:22am
Give him more prison time and ban him from ever touching a computer again. He's lost that privelege
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