University of Missouri student, Osmaan Ahmad Shah, and brother, Amir Ahmad Shah were indicted on 51 counts of spam-related activities. More than 2,000 US colleges and university email addresses were compromised and used to lure $4,191,966 from solicited advertisements. They "used false and misleading information in the spam e-mails, suggesting
they had an association with the university or college that the student
receiving the spam attended. They allegedly used fictitious name and
purported to be 'campus representatives' from the college of the
student receiving the spam. They also falsely claimed that the
businesses who manufactured or sold the products in the spam e-mail
were 'alumni-owned' companies."

     The Shah's are charged with violating the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. They face jail time and stand to lose 4 million dollars in revenues, two properties in Missouri, and a 2001 BMW.