The FBI believes that a 23-year-old Russian citizen named Oleg Nikolaenko is the cybercriminal operating Mega-D, the botnet that was once responsible for a third of the world’s spam traffic.According to an affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, the Russian man who currently resides in Moscow, is the target of a... |
1 December 2010
12:16 GMT |
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Lance Thomas Atkinson, the mastermind behind the notorious Herbal King spam operation, has been fined by an Australian court for AU$210,000 (almost $185,000). The judge also banned him from sending unsolicited commercial email in the country for seven years.The case against Atkinson was brought by the Australian Comm... |
22 December 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Lance Atkinson, the notorious Australia-based ringleader of the Herbal King spam gang, was fined over $15 million in a default judgment, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announces. Jody Smith, a U.S. resident and one of his co-conspirators, has agreed to forfeit over $800,000 and is faced with a prison sentenc... |
1 December 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Lance Atkinson, one of the individuals involved in the major Herbal King spam operation, has been fined with $NZ100,000 (US $57,000), after pleading guilty. He still faces charges in the United States, where he is named as one of the defendants in a lawsuit brought forward by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The H... |
22 December 2008
10:20 GMT |
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