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Spammer Alan Ralsky Pleads Guilty 144

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @08:06AM from the big-fish-landed-and-gaffed dept.

Czmyt sends the excellent news that one of the US's most notorious spammers has pleaded guilty and could serve 6 years in jail. "Five individuals pleaded guilty today in federal court in Detroit for their roles in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of bulk commercial e-mails, or 'spamming'... Alan M. Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Scott K. Bradley, 38, also of West Bloomfield, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and to violate the CAN-SPAM Act. ... Ralsky and Bradley also pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, and violating the CAN-SPAM Act. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Ralsky acknowledges he is facing up to 87 months in prison and a $1 million fine..."

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by jeckil on Sunday April 12, 2009 @02:01AM (#27546649) Attached to: Mexico to register cell phones

About a year ago I was getting a new SIM card for my cell phone, once my turn was up (there was a long line) for some strange reason I gave a false name and false address to one of the local carriers and got it :-O ;it is amazing how much crime must be committed if I anybody (and i mean anybody) can get a cell phone here in Mexico.

"Dark Flow" Outside Observable Universe 583

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @01:47AM from the here-comes-galactus dept.

DynaSoar writes "NASA astrophysicists have discovered what they claim is something outside the observable universe exerting an effect on the observable. The material is pulling clusters of galaxies towards a region of space known not to contain sufficient matter to create the effect. They can only speculate on what the material is and how space might differ there: 'In these regions, space-time might be very different, and likely doesn't contain stars and galaxies (which only formed because of the particular density pattern of mass in our bubble). It could include giant, massive structures much larger than anything in our own observable universe. These structures are what researchers suspect are tugging on the galaxy clusters, causing the dark flow.'"

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