--part1_77.165a5335.2c5e7acd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_77.165a5335.2c5e7acd_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-xk05.mx.aol.com (rly-xk05.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.42]) by air-xk04.mail.aol.com (v95.1) with ESMTP id MAILINXK41-59c3f2d1e272aa; Sun, 03 Aug 2003 10:37:35 -0400 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by rly-xk05.mx.aol.com (v95.1) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXK56-59c3f2d1e272aa; Sun, 03 Aug 2003 10:37:30 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id h73EbL5I021946; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:37:21 -0600 Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:37:21 -0600 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun Aug 3 08:37:20 2003 Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 10:37:25 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) Old-Cc: [email protected] Old-To: [email protected] From: Debbie <[email protected]> Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [151.197.52.177] at Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:37:18 -0500 Subject: [NewCastle] Web site owner charged with ID theft Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2617 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-AOL-IP: 207.40.200.39 Dateline Iowa By Register News Services 08/03/2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CEDAR RAPIDS Web site owner charged with ID theft A man was charged Friday with identity theft and money laundering after a police investigation into two genealogy Web sites he ran. Elias Abodeely II operated the Web sites FamilyDiscovery.com and Genseekers.com from his home. Abodeely would take e-mail addresses of people who posted to the sites' forum pages, then send the victims an offer to become a member of the Web site for a fee of $19.99 to $59.99. The offer led victims to believe they had a five-day free trial period, but they were unable to cancel their memberships. Their accounts were already debited the fee amount. Cedar Rapids police arrested Abodeely after a two-year investigation into the genealogy Web site. He also faces theft and ongoing criminal conduct charges. Police said the investigation continues, and they expect additional suspects to be charged. --part1_77.165a5335.2c5e7acd_boundary--