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post an online introduction - similar to a resume - highlighting their past criminal activity,

particular cyber skills, and potential contributions to the forum. The forum's active mem-

Citrus County Visitors & Convention Bureau and United

bers would then decide if the membership application for that person would be approved.

Service (FWS) officials announced Monday rare manatee twins have been spotted in the

Once in the forum, in addition to buying and selling criminal cyber products and waters of Homosassa Springs. Florida manatees are listed as endangered and only 2% of all

services, members also used Darkode to exchange ideas, knowledge and advice on cyber- manatee births result in twins.

related fraud schemes and other illegal activities. According to FBI Deputy Director Mark

"In the past 10 years, maybe I ve spotted a dozen set of twins but never once have

F. Giuliano, "It was almost like a think tank for cyber criminals."

I seen them in the springs nor have I seen a mother and her calves quite so visible in Homo-

*The local suspect and two others associated in his alleged crimes, each face a sassa waters," said Ivan Vicente, Visitor Services Specialist, FWS. "That's because nursing

charge of `criminal information with conspiring to send spam' in the Western District of mothers usually isolate themselves in low trafficked areas to keep the calves protected from

Pennsylvania: Dewayne Watts, 28, of Hernando (also known as "m3t4lh34d" and "metal"); mainly people, only this time they aren't as isolated."

Naveed Ahmed, 27, of Tampa, FL (also known as "Nav" and "semaph0re") and and Phillip

Vicente predicts the mother will remain in the protective springs of Homosassa for

R. Fleitz, 31, of Indianapolis, IN (also known as "Strife"). They are accused of participat- the next few weeks until she feels confident enough to introduce her calves along the coastal

ing in a sophisticated scheme to maintain a spam botnet that utilized bulletproof servers in areas along the Gulf of Mexico.

China to exploit vulnerable routers in third world countries and also sent millions of elec-

Florida's state marine mammal, Florida manatees are large, fully aquatic, herbivo-

tronic mail messages designed to defeat the spam filters of cellular phone providers.

rous relatives of the elephant. Commonly referred to as sea cows, manatees have paddle-like

**The man accused of serving as the administrator of Darkode, creating and sell- flippers, measure up to 13-ft. long, weigh as much as 1,300 pounds and may live up to 80

ing malware that allowed hackers to create botnets, as well as operating his own botnet, is years in the wild. On average, one calf is born to one manatee every two to five years mak-

Johan Anders Gudmunds, 27, of Sollebrunn, Sweden (also known as "Mafi," "Crim" and ing twins all the more rare. And only one S. 50 births results in twins. Florida 34446

5093 in Orwell Pt., Homosassa,

"Synthet!c." It is believed that, at times, his botnet consisted of more than 50,000 comput-

"While the winter months Phone: (352) 489-4588 manatees to Crystal River,

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Ema manatee spotting in the summertime is particularly special because that's when you can see,

by indictment in the Western District of Pennsylvania.with conspiracy to commit computerWebsites: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.com · County Visitors & Conven-

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and actually swim, with the babies," said Adam Thomas, Citrus history.newscasterarchives.c

fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

tion Bureau Director. "Citrus County is the only place in the United States where you can

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The 8 others indicted by the federal government face charges in this jurisdiction or legally get in the water and swim with the manatees in the winter months." Florida manatees

other U.S.EasternDistrict of Wisconsin, the Northern District of are federally protected and remain on the endangered species list. According to FWS, there

 jurisdictions, including the  

the of ColumbiaandWesternDistrict

Georgia,  District    the   of Louisiana.

are less than 6,000 in and around the state of Florida.

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Bowling

 Quiz Answer:

Do something nice for manatees, sea turtles

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combined and distributed evenly.. (bowl.com/rules/mythbusters)

It is easy to do something nice for Florida manatees and sea turtles. Check the box

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113. A roll-off must be conducted to break first place ties. Prizes for other ties should be

for manatees or sea turtles on the form you receive in the mail to renew your annual regis-

FALSE: Ties in the standings cannot be broken with total pins according to USBC Rule

tration of cars, boats and trucks.When you checkbox, $5

 the  you are donating  to the funds

supporting conservation of these popular Floridawildlife  You  one or 

   species.   will receive  

both of the new Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation    featur-  

  Commission (FWC) decals 

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ing manatees and sea turtles, depending on how many boxes you check.

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