It's back.

I'm no lawyer, but this look like wire fraud. Plus there's a trend of "he did it on a computer so burn him at the stake" in federal prosecution lately.

> "he did it on a computer so burn him at the stake"

This is a result of the general public's incredible ignorance when it comes to how computers work. I hope this trend will fade soon as newer generations that have been raised on computers become older. I really dislike the whole "he did it on a computer so burn him at the stake" mentality that government seems to have today.

I think its more specifically a case of senior legislators and policymakers hatefearing the internet. They're supposed to be the rulemakers.

But not if you wore an expensive suit while doing it.

The guy in the 8,000 dollar suit is going to jail because of ads, COME ON

It's been 2 years and the name of the perpetrator is in the article. Has he faced any charges?

If you notice in the comments, someone with the listed name claims their identity was stolen.

Its quite expected that a competent criminal would use a stolen identity so as not to connect themselves to the crime in any way.

Ad networks know who they cut a check to. There is always a paper trail in this business, even if he registered the domains in somebody els's name (risky strategy if so - that somebody else would be legal owner).

"Though I had a Stanford MBA and regularly consulted on multimillion-dollar projects, I didn't know the first thing about starting a business."

Ironic that the number 4 story on HN right now is: "All I learned in college was how to work for someone else"