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Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Web site owner charged with ID theft
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:30:09 EDT

This is interesting. People on other groups I belong to suspected this was a
scam and I am glad to here that law enforcement did something about it.

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> Date: 8/3/03 7:37:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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> Dateline Iowa
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> By Register News Services
> 08/03/2003
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> CEDAR RAPIDS
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> Web site owner charged with ID theft
>
> A man was charged Friday with identity theft and money laundering after
> a police investigation into two genealogy Web sites he ran.
>
> Elias Abodeely II operated the Web sites FamilyDiscovery.com and
> Genseekers.com from his home.
>
> Abodeely would take e-mail addresses of people who posted to the sites'
> forum pages, then send the victims an offer to become a member of the
> Web site for a fee of $19.99 to $59.99.
>
> The offer led victims to believe they had a five-day free trial period,
> but they were unable to cancel their memberships. Their accounts were
> already debited the fee amount.
>
> Cedar Rapids police arrested Abodeely after a two-year investigation
> into the genealogy Web site.
>
> He also faces theft and ongoing criminal conduct charges.
>
> Police said the investigation continues, and they expect additional
> suspects to be charged.
>
>

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