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Subject: [NewCastle] Web site owner charged with ID theft
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Dateline Iowa
By Register News Services
08/03/2003
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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.
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