Dutch telecoms regulators have fined a junk email spammer €250,000. Reinier Schenkhuizen was ordered to pay €250,000 by local regulator OPTA. Of this, €150,000 was for distributing junk emails and €100,000 for failing to create a means for recipients to unsubscribe to unwanted messages, according to local reports. OPTA alleges that Schenkhuizen was a “persistent…
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Alan Ralsky back in court, pleads guilty
Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky was back in court to plead guilty to charges of fraud by manipulating Chinese stock prices by using spam emails. The Associated Press has the story. Update: The USDOJ press release can be found here (pdf).