Russian Spam King Pleads Not Guilty In Wisconsin

[dgridley]

I'd like to get my hands around this guys neck, lol!

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.

more:

Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail arraigned – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/111169714.html

[dgridley]

From the Journal-Sentinel article:

In November 2009, a California network security company called FireEye crippled the Mega-D botnet by persuading U.S.-based Internet service providers to shut down the computers used to command and control more than 500,000 infected private computers, including about 135 in Wisconsin. In three days, Mega-D's output - which had already been cut to about 12% of all spam - nose-dived to less than 0.1 percent, according to Banner's affidavit.

[Milweb1.com]

I think the companies that paid him should get in even more trouble unless they had know idea what he was doing... right!

[dgridley]

Guy selling the fake Rolexes apparently paid him $2 million to spam.. he certainly knew what he was paying for.

All in all, I think a potential 5 year sentence isn't long enough.

Originally Posted by Milweb1.com

I think the companies that paid him should get in even more trouble unless they had know idea what he was doing... right!

[dgridley]

Arresting this guy sure hasn't dented the spam in my Inbox..