Spammer Arrests herald FTC Crackdown on Illegal Spamming

Spamhaus reports collaboration with US and UK law enforcement resulting in arrests of spammers (including Phoenix Avatar LLC and named individuals). The report details how large US-based spammers use compromised offshore proxies—often created by Russian malware gangs that infect machines and sell proxy lists—to hide origins and send massive spam campaigns, and notes how CAN-SPAM provisions banning proxy use and fraudulent headers are aiding prosecutions.