Spam Drug King Busted
A drugstore operator in Minnesota, who derived much of his profits from e-mail spam, has recently been indicted.
Apparently, Christopher William Smith conspired to threaten and intimidate a witness in his trial. An indictment alleges that Smith also said he intended to have the witness or the witness's family killed.
Smith built a fortune, consisting of a $1,000,000 house and luxary cars upon a business of illegally dispensing prescription drugs. While Smith himself likely did not send spam himself, it is said that much of his business' profits were derived from spamming.
There are a number of different articles covering this story, and they can be easily found by going to news.google.com and typing "Christopher William Smith".
Apparently, Christopher William Smith conspired to threaten and intimidate a witness in his trial. An indictment alleges that Smith also said he intended to have the witness or the witness's family killed.
Smith built a fortune, consisting of a $1,000,000 house and luxary cars upon a business of illegally dispensing prescription drugs. While Smith himself likely did not send spam himself, it is said that much of his business' profits were derived from spamming.
There are a number of different articles covering this story, and they can be easily found by going to news.google.com and typing "Christopher William Smith".
posted by Mark Nenadov at 11:40 AM
1 Comments:
good to hear it:) that's one less at of how many? Hardly a drop in the bucket of generic SPAM. But good to hear nonetheless.
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