Another drug spammer raided
 

Christopher William Smith, a longtime spam king based in Minnesota, has been busted by the U.S. government.

Federal agents raided the suburban-Minneapolis offices of one of Smith's companies, Online Payment Systems, on May 10. The Burnsville office had nearly 100 computers and an equal number of employees. It apparently was the administrative headquarters of Smith's online pharmacy, Xpress Pharmacy Direct, formerly located at xpress-rx.com.

An affidavit by a special agent with the Food and Drug Administration said agents left with "thousands of business records."

The agent described the case as a "multi-agency investigation involving a large-scale Internet-based operation that has been defrauding consumers and distributing prescription drugs, including controlled substances, without appropriate prescriptions in violation of a host of criminal statutes."

It's not clear whether Smith, who's 32, was in at the time of the raid. According to court records, he hasn't yet returned the summons and complaint.

The bust didn't get much media attention, aside from this item. But make no mistake; this is potentially another major spammer smackdown. Smith has been on the Spamhaus Rokso list for years, and xpress-rx.com was practically synonymous with illegal Vicodin sales.

The case has several other defendants, including Alton Scott Poe, Advanced Financial Svcs Inc., Ultimate Limousine, Same Day Pay Day, Vigrex DS LLC, Rizler, Advistech. Also named is Smith's father, Scott, and his company, Diaper Deck

Last month, the feds busted up another major online pharmacy operating out of India. I wouldn't want to be in the Rx spam business right about now.

http://spamkings.oreilly.com/archive...r_drug_sp.html

what happened to those good ol' days when no one knew shit about the internet including the government and you could get away with anything... :\

dumb fuck. break the law, get in trouble.

Why are you posting all these spam threads?

go home surfer

No one escapes the law!