Leo Kuvayev
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Leonid Aleksandrovitch Kuvayev (born 13 May 1972), who usually goes by the name of Leo, is a Russian/American spammer[1][2] and convicted child molester believed to have been the ringleader of one of the world's biggest spam gangs. In 2005, he and six business partners were fined $37 million as a result of a lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts attorney general.[3] It was found that they were responsible for millions of unsolicited e-mails per day. According to Spamhaus he could be the "Pharmamaster" spammer who performed a denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against the BlueSecurity company.[4] Kuvayev is also behind countless phishing and money mule recruiting sites hosted on botnets. He has been called a "spam czar",[5] and a "virtual criminal".[6]
Kuvayev has registered domains with registrars operating in China, New Zealand, and France. Most of his actual web pages have been hosted in China. It is suspected by some information security professionals that Kuvayev may have been involved in the operation and control of the Storm botnet.[7]
As of 1 June 2011, Kuvayev had confessed to sex crimes, sexually molesting girls as young as 13 years of age using the basement of his office in Moscow as a "dungeon". Kuvayev allegedly targeted vulnerable youngsters from children's homes, some of whom had mental or learning disabilities. Reports indicated that Kuvayev could face up to 20 years in prison for each offence.[8][9][10]
On 23 March 2012, a court in Moscow found Kuvayev guilty of sexual molestation charges.[11] On 29 March 2012, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spamhaus ROKSO: Leo Kuvayev / BadCow". Spamhaus. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spamhaus ROKSO: BadCow / mAiLIEN". Spamhaus.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Massachusetts tackles spam gang BBC News, May 12, 2005
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spamhaus ROKSO: Spam King Leo Kuvayev Jailed on Child Sex Charges". Spamhaus. Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'Spam King' Robert Alan Soloway Pleads Guilty". InformationWeek. 17 March 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beauty in the chaos (Translation from Spanish)". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). 8 January 2013.
- ^ David Utter, Security Pro News, "Storm Botnet Driving PDF Spam" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., July 13, 2007.
- ^ Notorious Russian spammer 'admits child abuse' The Register, June 1, 2011
- ^ Graham Cluley, Sophos.com, "Spam king faces jail after admitting child sex charges" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., May 31, 2011.
- ^ Tom Washington, The Moscow News, "Cyber crime lord faces child rape charges" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., May 30, 2011.
- ^ Lenta.ru, Rambler Media Group, "Jury convicts Spammer-Pedophile Kuvayev", March 23, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spinella, Peter (2012-04-02). "Russia's 'King of Spam' Gets 20 Years for Child Sex Abuse". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
External links
- Spamhaus record linking the alias Alex Rodrigez to Leo Kuvayev
- European Spam Wiki entry on Leo Kuvayev
- AbuseButler recent WHOIS for Alex Rodrigez domain Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- The devil in the Internet, comprehensive article on Kuvayev and his vita so far (in German)
