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Did megaspammer Alan Ralsky (pictured) post bail? Did the Feds let him off easy? Or is the whole story a hacker-seeded hoax? Reader "Max Devlin" checked in on the Spam King:

No confirm has come so I went looking in the obvious place.

I rang a number reputably belonging to him. The man who answered cautiously denied being him. The voice I heared sounded old enough. I vagualy recall hearing an interview with him some years ago and the voice seemed familiar. So I went and found a recorded interview. I do believe the two voices were the same.

With the caveat that the phone voice was a little muffled and I cant be 100 pc sure the number is still valid, it would appear that he is still at large.

A scrap of evidence, but a red flag in the light of no forthcoming confirmation of the Spam King story.

Earlier: Scoop: DOJ jails Spam King! Alan Ralsky might rat out a massive hacker / spammer network [Valleywag]