05-17-2003, 01:03 PM
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we'll miss you our friend. RIP
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Fernie, BC
Posts: 25,115
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doj crackdown
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,58875,00.html
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WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashhahahahaha said Friday 135 people have been charged and more than $17 million seized in a crackdown on investment swindles, identity theft and other forms of Internet fraud and abuse.
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One California resident was charged with operating a bogus investment scheme that took in $60 million from some 15,000 victims worldwide, while a San Diego couple was charged with taking in $600,000 through a matchmaking service that promised to pair lonely men with Russian or Ukrainian women.
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60 million. wow.
sorry if it's already been posted 
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