‘Top 10 Spammer’ Indicted for Wire Fraud
Summary: Michael A. Persaud, a California man listed as #8 on Spamhaus's World's 10 Worst Spammers list, was indicted this week in federal court in Chicago on ten counts of wire fraud tied to an alleged spamming operation. Prosecutors say he used multiple Internet addresses and domains - a technique called "snowshoe spamming" - to send well over a million spam emails across at least nine networks, often registering domains under false names and creating fraudulent "From:" fields to conceal he was the sender.
Key Takeaway: Each wire fraud count carries up to 20 years in prison, and the government is seeking forfeiture of four computers - but this is the same man AOL sued in 1998 and San Diego prosecutors charged in 2001, and he told FBI agents he still sends a million emails in under 15 minutes from his home.
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