[IP] Spam King Settles With Texas, Microsoft
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From: Matt Murray <mattm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 3, 2006 9:26:35 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Spam King Settles With Texas, Microsoft
One down, a million to go.
Matt Murray
MattM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-BRF-Spam-Lawsuit.html
June 3, 2006
Spam King Settles With Texas, Microsoft
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 6:42 p.m. ET
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- One of the world's most notorious spammers has
settled lawsuits with the state of Texas and Microsoft Corp. that
cost him at least $1 million, took away most of his assets and forced
him to stop sending the nuisance e-mails.
Ryan Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last
month, has admitted sending 25 million e-mails every day at the
height of his spamming operation in 2004.
At one time, Pitylak was listed as the fourth-worst spammer in the
world by the Spamhaus Project, a London-based international
clearinghouse that tracks spammers and works closely with law
enforcement officials.
The civil settlements were both reached last month in federal court.
As part of the settlement with Microsoft, Pitylak promised never
again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails.
Pitylak, who plans to help Internet companies fight spam, said he
would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines
and legal bills.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press
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