Posted on 10/17/2005 7:59:14 AM PDT by steve-b
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- A suburban Detroit man described as one of the nation's leading senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail, or spam, says an FBI raid on his home-office has halted his operation.
Warrants unsealed last week show that a September raid on Alan M. Ralsky's home in West Bloomfield included the seizure of financial records, computers and disks. Agents also raided the West Bloomfield home of his son-in-law, Scott Bradley.
"We're out of business at this point in time," Ralsky told The Detroit News for a story Sunday. "They didn't shut us down. They took all our equipment, which had the effect of shutting us down."...
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Did any of the Agents also give him a good swift kick in the 'nads on our behalf?
I hate spam. Same thing over and over and over. I hope they don't get their computers back.
I wonder if sales of Hormel Spam have increased in the "spam" era...
I hope someone breaks each of their fingers, and the courts restrain them from access to the 'net.
Just provide that if anyone is charged with a crime against them, any jury or grand jury would be informed of their actions as spammers.
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