- Christopher William Smith
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Chris Smith Born Christopher William Smith
January 28, 1980
Minneapolis-Saint PaulResidence Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont Other names "Rizler" Known for spammer Spouse Anita Smith Children one son Christopher William Smith ("Rizler") (born January 28, 1980) was a prolific e-mail spammer, and sold drugs online from his illegal Xpress Pharmacy Direct in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States.[1] He is currently serving a 30 year prison sentence.
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Early life
Smith grew up in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, splitting his time between his father's house on Lake Minnetonka and his mother's house in Burnsville. He attended high school at the Academy of Holy Angels and later transferred to a public school in Lakeville, but never completed high school.[2]
Business and conviction
He was charged in August 2005 with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, wire fraud, selling misbranded drugs and money laundering. Federal officials added a count of operating a continuing criminal enterprise in a revised indictment filed in May 2006. During his final year in business he earned $18 million and had an 85-employee company.[3] In addition, he violated court order by leaving the country and withdrawing frozen assets.[3] After having his bail revoked, he then plotted to kill a witness, which was recorded by the jail phone system.[3]
In January 2006, Smith was, in a separate case, ordered to pay AOL $5.6 million (or $25,000 for every day he sent out spam e-mails) for spamming its members in 2003.[4]
In October 2006, Dr. Phillip Mach, who wrote the prescriptions for Smith's customers, plead guilty on one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances, four counts of wire fraud, three counts of unlawful distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance, and five counts of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.[5]
In November 2006, Smith was convicted on nine counts by a federal jury in Minneapolis.[6] On August 1, 2007 he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges including plotting to have a witness in his case killed.[7]
Currently, Smith is housed at the Federal Correctional Institution Medium, Beaumont in the Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont located near Beaumont, Texas. He has the Federal Bureau of Prisons ID # 12310-041 and his projected release date is April 04, 2023.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Feds: Spamming made millions for dropout". Associated Press. September 12, 2005. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/12/Technology/Feds__Spamming_made_m.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Warren Wolfe. "A web of trouble", Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 5, 2005
- ^ a b c "Spammer gets 30 years in the slammer". The Register. 2 August 2007. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/spammer_gets_30_years/. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "AOL Wins Judgment Against Spammer". New York Times. January 28, 2006. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E6D8113FF93BA15752C0A9609C8B63. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "New Jersey doctor in Xpress Pharmacy Direct case pleads guilty". Prior Lake American. October 30, 2006. http://www.plamerican.com/node/452. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "Pharmacy spam king given 30-year jail sentence". SC Magazine. 2 August 2007. http://www.scmagazineus.com/Pharmacy-spam-king-given-30-year-jail-sentence/article/35256/. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Dan Browning. "Internet drug seller gets 30-year sentence", Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 1, 2007
- ^ "Christopher William Smith". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2009. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=12310-041&x=56&y=10. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
External links
- Xpress Pharmacy Direct (former website from Archive.org)
- Supermax lockup for spammer Rizler
- List of Forfeited Vehicles
- The Rise and Fall of Christopher Smith
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Email spammers
- American money launderers
- American computer criminals
- Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government
- People from Burnsville, Minnesota
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