p2pnet.net News- Robbers, not anti-spam extremists, were responsible for the murder of Russia’s master spammer, Vardan Kushnir, 35.

He was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday but, “This was not a contract murder or revenge for spamming,” says Mosnews, quoting quoted by the Kommersant newspaper.

Kushnir apparently picked up three girls at a club and took them back to his apartment, says the story, going on that the girls drugged his wine, “but it is suppected [sic] that the dose was insufficient.

The spammer woke up when the girls’ accomplices arrived to rob his house and during the ensuing scuffle, he was killed, says Mosnews, adding:

“The robbers took his credit cards, laptop, digital video camera, gold and money. On Monday, police detained one of the suspected girls.

See:-

found dead - Russian spammer murdered, p2pnet, July 25, 2005
Mosnews - Russian Police Say Robbers Killed Spammer Kushnir, July 26, 2005