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Russian spammer murdered

Dawn Kawamoto Former Staff writer, CNET News
Dawn Kawamoto covered enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News.
Dawn Kawamoto
Who killed Vardan Kushnir?

Kushnir, allegedly one of the world's more prolific spammers, was found beaten to death in his Moscow apartment, according to a report on the vnunet.com Web site.

The Russian's apartment appeared disheveled, with a number of valuable items apparently stolen, according to the report. Police will review footage of a courtyard in Kushnir's apartment complex, hoping to find clues to the perpetrator.

Kushnir, who ran a language institute, allegedly spammed millions of people with offers of English classes taught at his American Language Center.