Steven Richter, who is Scott Richter's father and President and General Counsel of Scott's company, commented 'OptIn is profitable but for these lawsuits.' Richter paid $7 million to Microsoft in 2006 in a settlement arising out of the lawsuit alleging illegal spam activities.

Microsoft's refusal to settle a $20 million claim based on Washington state spam law is what forced OptInRealBig to file for bankruptcy. The company claimed to have assets of less than US$10 million and debts of more than $50 million. Facing a $500 million judgment in Washington state from the Microsoft case in March 2005, filed for bankruptcy protection. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Richter in December 2003. He and his companies have been sued several times for mass sending unsolicited advertisements. His companies were major senders of Email spam and he was at one time referred to as the 'Spam King', as at one point his company was sending some 100 million emails a day. Other related companies are Dynamic Dolphin and. Scott Richter (born 18 July 1971) is the CEO of Media Breakaway, formerly known as LLC.

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