Snowshoe Spammer Indicted
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 02/11/2017 11:27 AM
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A Scottsdale, Ariz. resident, Michael Persaud, has been indicted for creating a spam campaign that saw 1 million spam emails sent worldwide.
Persaud used nine separate computer networks to send out the spam according to the indictment. He faces 10 counts of wire fraud and the forfeiture of four computers. Each count of wire fraud carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Persaud was arrested in Arizona and release on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty.
Persaud is accused of engaging in snowshoe spamming – the act of using multiple IP addresses and domains to send junk email to recipients.
The indictment alleges that Persaud used a California company called Impact Media LLC, as well as other aliases, to send out the spam which promoted the sale of various goods and services. Persaud would then get a commission on each sale.
The indictment also alleges that Persaud misrepresented himself to various networks promising that he would not use them to send out spam. When the networks terminated his contract, he began registering several new networks using IDs, “From Address” fields and payment cards that were fraudulent in nature.
The Department of Justice also claims that Persaud is guilty of “illegally transferring and selling millions of email addresses for the purpose of transmitting spam.”
Source: SCagazine
Persaud used nine separate computer networks to send out the spam according to the indictment. He faces 10 counts of wire fraud and the forfeiture of four computers. Each count of wire fraud carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Persaud was arrested in Arizona and release on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty.Persaud is accused of engaging in snowshoe spamming – the act of using multiple IP addresses and domains to send junk email to recipients.
The indictment alleges that Persaud used a California company called Impact Media LLC, as well as other aliases, to send out the spam which promoted the sale of various goods and services. Persaud would then get a commission on each sale.
The indictment also alleges that Persaud misrepresented himself to various networks promising that he would not use them to send out spam. When the networks terminated his contract, he began registering several new networks using IDs, “From Address” fields and payment cards that were fraudulent in nature.
The Department of Justice also claims that Persaud is guilty of “illegally transferring and selling millions of email addresses for the purpose of transmitting spam.”
Source: SCagazine
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