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Domain Name: APPROVED-PHARM-RX.COM
Registrar: DYNADOT, LLC
Whois Server: whois.dynadot.com
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Name Server: NS2.APPROVED-PHARM-RX.COM
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Updated Date: 08-may-2007
Creation Date: 02-may-2007
Expiration Date: 02-may-2008

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Domain Name: approved-pharm-rx.com
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Sam Kirchner c/o Dynadot Privacy
PO Box 1072
Belmont, CA 94002
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PO Box 1072
Belmont, CA 94002
US
privacy@dynadot.com
1-650-585-1961

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PO Box 1072
Belmont, CA 94002
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For months now, the government has said organized crime was moving into the realm of cybercrime, using hackers to run scams and break into systems. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Erez Liebermann, chief of the computer hacking and intellectual property section in New Jersey's U.S. Attorney's Office, says cybercrime has been so profitable for organized crime that they're now using it to fund the rest of their underground operations. "In terms of the risks and rewards, there's a higher chance of getting more, financially, using the world of computer crime. Organized crime is realizing this," he said. "We have suspicions of organized crime being behind some cybercrime that we're investigating here." Analysts at Websense, a Web security company, reported late last year that the mob was expected to band together more closely with hackers in 2007 to form a more organized cybercrime community. The beefed−up online crime cooperative has begun buying, selling, and trading ready−made cyberattack toolkits and exploiting zero−day vulnerabilities. Dan Hubbard, VP of security research at Websense, noted that organized criminals have realized that the Internet has been an untapped resource for earning them profit.

Source: Federal Prosecutor: Cybercrime Is Funding Organized Crime -- Cybercrime -- InformationWeek

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Christopher Smith, nicknamed "Rizler", was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Experts at IT security and control firm Sophos have welcomed news that a notorious spammer who made millions of dollars selling medications online has been sent to jail.

27-year-old Christopher Smith, who used the nickname "Rizler", was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Prosecutors had argued for a stiff sentence after Smith made a death threat against a witness's children.

In May 2005, federal authorities raided Smith's home and his company Xpress Pharmacy, seizing his passport and $4.2 million in assets, including a $1.1 million house and luxury vehicles worth $1.8 million. At the same time the FBI closed down his 85-employee company. Investigators concluded that Smith had been selling medicines to customers without proper prescriptions and selling drugs without a license. Smith appeared in a federal court after the raid, but four days later fled to the Dominican Republic.

As Sophos reported two years ago, Smith was eventually arrested at Minneapolis St Paul International airport after stepping off a flight from the Caribbean.

"If anyone is in any doubt about the riches that criminal spammers can make for themselves, then they should read the story of Christopher 'Rizler' Smith," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Pharmacy spammers are amongst the lowest of the low when it comes to internet crime - not only deluging people with millions of unwanted emails, but also potentially putting lives at risk through dangerous medications. The authorities should be applauded for finally bringing this spam king to justice."

Last week, Sophos published its Security Threat Report July 2007, examining the latest trends in malware, hacking and spam. One of the topics examined was the increasing number of organized cybercrime gangs being caught by the authorities.

Illegal Internet Store Sold $24 Million In Prescription Drugs
More - SophosLab

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Posted by Clay Taylor | Capital News Service March 28, 2008 12:14PM

LANSING - Prescription drugs are just a mouse click away.

Online pharmacies will ship prescription drugs to credit card-holding Web surfers without a prescription after they complete a short questionnaire.

The pharmacy then creates a prescription, sends it to a physician to sign and soon the drugs are mailed to the customer, said Melanie Brim, director of the Bureau of Health Professions in the Department of Community Health.

"We've tried it a couple times internally," Brim said of the department's ongoing investigation. "It's very easy if you have access to a credit card."

The drugs could arrive as soon as two to three days after the order is placed, depending on the shipping method, Brim said.

The ease of ordering prescriptions online is a fairly recent phenomenon. In 2005, the Legislature authorized pharmacies to mail prescriptions.
Since then, a handful of "rogue pharmacies" have cropped up, sending prescription drugs through the mail without proof of a valid doctor-patient relationship, Brim said.

Regulating the online sale of prescription drugs in Michigan is tough because the state has no regulations that speak specifically to the sale of drugs on the Internet, she said.

The crucial element in identifying a rogue pharmacy is the lack of a doctor-patient relationship, Brim said.

"These doctors have never seen the patient," Brim said. "They just have the answers to the questionnaire. There's no way of knowing whether or not that's truthful."

The state can investigate only pharmacists, pharmacies and physicians licensed by the state.

"The best we can do is turn them over to the local prosecutor," Brim said.

Brim said that most rogue pharmacies operate outside the country.

"That's a major concern, that we have no idea where the drugs are coming from," Brim said. "Other countries don't have the same standards as the Food and Drug Administration.

"The drug could be coming from anywhere in the world. It could be manufactured at half strength - we don't know the integrity of the chemical composition," she said.

The department has found a few pharmacies operating in Michigan, mostly based in the southeast side, which has the highest concentration of pharmacies in the state. Brim said that most of those pharmacists didn't initially think they were doing anything wrong and immediately shut down.

As for the Michigan-licensed doctors who write such prescriptions, the state can open an investigation and potentially discipline them.

There is no claim that all prescription-filling Web sites aren't legit, said Greg Baran, director of governmental affairs for the Michigan Pharmacists Association.

"The National Association of the Boards of Pharmacy does have a mechanism to validate Internet pharmacies," Baran said, referring to the organization's Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site credential.

There are between eight and 10 approved online pharmacies in Michigan, most associated with chain pharmacies like Wal-Mart and CVS. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's Web site lists 15 online pharmacies, representing more than 12,000 pharmacies nationwide, as Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites.

Baran said he hasn't heard of any Michigan's pharmacists selling drugs online without a prescription.

"I know they've been asked, and they are skeptical," Baran said.

One danger of online pharmacies is the potential of unqualified physicians
signing prescriptions.

"There is concern about the validity of the prescriptions, Baran said. "Is the prescriber who they say they are?"

Another danger is the potentially harmful mixing of medications, Baran said. If the doctor signing the prescription has never met the patient, the patient won't know if the drugs he or she is ordering will conflict with other medications or conditions.

The ease of obtaining drugs from online pharmacies also poses a threat to children, Brim said.

"It becomes very easy for youth to get drugs if they have access to a credit card," Brim said.

Since there isn't much legal action the state can take, Brim said the most important measure to avoiding rogue pharmacies is educating the public about them.

"If a Web site is advertising that you can get these medications without a prescription, that should raise a few red flags," Brim said.

The state could punish patrons of rogue pharmacies, the owners of such Web sites and doctors signing the prescriptions if a bill in the House passes.

The proposal by Rep. Michael Sak, D-Grand Rapids, would allow the prosecution of those involved with controlled, addictive or potentially harmful substances like vicodin, valium and oxycotin.

The National Association of the Boards of Pharmacy, meanwhile, announced that it would implement a drug distributor information program later this spring. The program would list online pharmacies, identify Internet sites that legitimately sell prescriptions for drugs and flag sites that sell and distribute medicines illegally.

Capital News Services - Michigan State University

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