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To: justaninvestor who wrote (11677)	4/8/2008 9:37:04 AM
From: zekel	Respond to of 11684

Macker...how funny...yeah, those were the days. UPDATE: Jack and Darrel Uselton's cohorts, are still up to no good. Fellow co-conspirators: JT Cloud, William Carmichael, John Gilchrist, Chet Gutowski, Carly Long, Dino Price, and David Mordekhay are still churning out shell companies at their Blalock Road office suite in Houston: AETE (note: the SEC suspended trading on this stock on 4/2/08) GFET TMDI OXFD Southfield Energy Cloud Management Galleria Securities Tejas Capital IBIS Firemark Warrior Capital and a host of other companies past and present

To: justaninvestor who wrote (11677)	7/26/2008 12:46:34 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 11684

Davidson's career as spammer started in late 1990s By Jeff Smith Originally published 07:29 p.m., July 25, 2008 Updated 07:29 p.m., July 25, 2008 Edward "Eddie" Davidson Edward "Eddie" Davidson's career as a spammer dated back to the late 1990s, when he was in his mid-20s. Along the way, he peddled everything from penny stocks to penile-enlargement pills, incurring the wrath of some of the country's largest Internet companies and eventually the attention of federal prosecutors. He's been listed on Spamhaus.org, an internatonal spammer watchdog. Thursday morning, Davidson fatally shot his wife and toddler daughter then killed himself. America Online, Yahoo and Amazon.com all filed federal civil lawsuits against Davidson between 1998 and 2003. In the AOL case, Davidson was ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.578 million in restitution and punitive damages. Davidson's modus operandi, according to court filings, was to send mass e-mails with false or "spoofed" from or subject lines. For example, Amazon.com alleged in its 2003 suit that Davidson sent e-mails using a company trademark that caused recipients to believe the e-mail was from Amazon.com. The company claimed Davidson promoted penile enlargement and sexual enhancement pills. Yahoo claimed Davidson used its e-mail network to market video-game copying software under "Snagster.com" and generic Viagra. The law tightened with the federal Anti-Spam Act of 2003, and enforcement increased. In 2007, Davidson was indicted in Colorado on charges of falsifying computer records and tax evasion. He allegedly grossed $3.5 million between 2003 and 2006, promoting watches, perfume, penny stocks and other items, converting some of the proceeds into gold coins in efforts to evade taxes. He reached a plea deal, and federal prosecutors recommended a lighter sentence because of Davidson's cooperation with the FBI. Davidson described spamming techniques and provided information about illicit activites by others, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors in April. Perhaps most importantly, he described how he assisted Darrel Uselton of Katy, Texas, to allegedly artificially manipulate a penny stock company's price in 2005 and 2006 through spamming and false press releases. Davidson was willing to be a witness at Uselton's criminal trial scheduled for late September in Texas, according to the April filing. The same month, Davidson was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. At his sentencing, federal Judge Marcia Krieger referred to a statement by Davidson that suggested he was under significant stress, had unresolved issue and was having difficulty coping with a diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She ordered mental health counseling. Davidson didn't speak at the sentencing, according to the transcript, and his pre-sentence statement is under seal. His attorneys in Colorado and California didn't return phone calls for comment Friday. Krieger also indicated she didn't feel Davidson had taken full responsibility for his actions. "You still are making excuses for it and justifications for it," she said. © Rocky Mountain News rockymountainnews.com