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Old 05-17-2003, 01:03 PM  
quiet
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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.
60 million. wow.

sorry if it's already been posted
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