Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System

[Frank Peters <Frank.Peters () MSSTATE EDU>]

Osmaan and Amir Shah were indicted in April on charges related to a
spamming operation that targeted edu users.

As part of proceeding, the DoJ came into possession of some of their
address lists.

If your institution had any users on those lists then your university is
formally considered by the DoJ to be a victim of their fraudulent
activities and is entitled to be notified of the progress of the case.
It appears to me that they culled whois contact information to determine
who to notify at each institution.

We have received several of these notifications over the last month or so.

-Fwp

John Rasmussen wrote:
> We received a notification from the DOJ
>
> RE:  United States v. Defendant(s) Liu Guang Ming, Amir A. Shah,  I20,
> Inc., Osmaan Shah, Paul Zucker
> Case Number 2004R01026 and Court Docket Number 09-CR-00141
>
>
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  It looks to be a case of spamming that
> harvested addresses from over 2000 colleges and universities.
>
>
>
> John Rasmussen
>
> Information Security Officer & Associate Privacy Officer
> OHSU Integrity Office
>
> Oregon Health & Science University
>
> 503-494-8480