In creative crookedness, the spammers are genius. This is the stark reminder of recent arrest of Robert Alan Soloway in Seattle, Washington.
27-year old Alan Soloway, the high profile spammer whom Microsoft has portrayed one of top 10 spammers in the world was finally arrested by federal authorities for operating the fraudulent empire of mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity and money laundering.
Soloway has been active in the infamous racket since 2003. He used zombies (computers infected with malicious codes) to send millions of junk mails and unsolicited bulk e-mails pursing people to use his internet marketing company to advertise their products.
The notorious spammer continued his illegal business even after loosing a $7 million lawsuit against Microsoft way back 2005. Soloway has the ability to send 20 million email advertisements in 15 days. So far, he has made a hefty amount of $773,000 out of illegal business.
The federal authorities are now planning to forfeit him from the money which he earned from his unfair business. He is kept in the federal detention for a hearing on Monday.
