March 25, 2006 / Brooklyn news / Not Just Nets / Atlantic Yards

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Tracking the fake Ratner emails

The Brooklyn Paper

Bruce Ratner is suing 10 anonymous hackers for sending mean emails in his name to supporters of his Atlantic Yards project. According to Ratner’s court papers, 10 computer-savvy John Does sent insulting mail from a fraudulent Forest City Ratner address to “business, community and political leaders in Brooklyn who have endorsed the Atlantic Yards project.” The suit says the intention of the spammers was to inspire mistrust and weaken Ratner’s alliances. But so far only Brooklyn Brewery owner Steve Hindy — whose fake email told him that Ratner prefers Anheuser Busch to his “small time” local brewery — has said he received such an email, leaving The Brooklyn Papers to ask the obvious: Who are the other business, community and political leaders whom Ratner claims in court papers received the mean mail?

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