From our pals over at The Smoking Gun:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0826091slipknot1.html
That’s right, kids. The distinguished honor goes to….Shawn Powell.
Shawn, we know it’s only a misdemeanor, but look on the bright side: you’re so dumb that you won’t stop and eventually your dumbass pranks are going to land you jailtime, where a big, african-american gentleman will make you his prison wife. Epic!
CBC National News Story on Tariq Malik (Dex) and William Marquis (Hempster)
Ontario man accused of mass online pranks
Farkers are hilarious. Here are various photochops from around the world in reaction to the PrankNet story:
So how come Tariq Malik wont come out now that he’s got his international fame? It’s funny that the internet tough guy, known online as “dex,” wont leave his bedroom for a word with reporters, not even CBET (CBC Windsor) reporters. William Marquis (Hempster), didn’t seem to want to answer CBC reporters either.
Come on guys, isn’t this what you wanted? Fame? To be noticed? To “make the news?” Enjoy your 15 minutes of infamy, kids.
Edit: Fox 2 Detroit, WJBK, gets the same, no response, four days later.
Some people think threatening a website is fun. Just ask this guy of beyluxe and former paltalk fame. While he dodged the TSG articles, the 38 year old homebody from Chicago apparently doesn’t like me reposting the articles that are now very publicly across North America.
We’ll make sure TSG gets this too.
Here’s some juicier bits in The Smoking Gun’s Article:
On Dex:
The notorious Internet Tough Guy, who has gleefully used the telephone to cause all kinds of havoc, was now himself panicking. He had been found. And, as a result, was barricaded in Pranknet World Headquarters with his mom, while two reporters loitered outside his window and curious neighbors wondered what was up.
On Hempster:
During an interview, Marquis, who told TSG that his “conscience is clear,” lied about his criminal record and the extent of his involvement with Pranknet. Asked about his relationship with Malik, Marquis said, “There is no relationship,” adding that he had no contact with the Pranknet founder. He also denied giving Malik money or paying for Pranknet expenses like Skype accounts.
However, Marquis’s claim that he is not in contact with Malik is belied by TSG’s own computer server logs. Records indicate that Malik immediately shared with Marquis the addresses of stories about Pranknet that appeared on TSG. The stories, which each carried a distinctive url that was created solely for Malik’s viewing, were first provided to the Pranknet founder in e-mails sent to his Gmail account (axis.r9@gmail.com). On three occasions over the last six weeks, within minutes of Malik clicking a link (which recorded his IP address in Windsor), Marquis also looked at the story, resulting in his Scarborough IP being memorialized on TSG’s servers.
When confronted with this strange coincidence, Marquis could offer little beyond, “Hmmmm.”
Marquis [Hempster], a 51-year-old with nothing better to do than hang out with degenerates half his age,
And the Dex Song:
The old Dex posts are now reinstated.
Hoax Led KFC Workers To Spray Extinguisher and Disrobe
Pranks Inc. Shut Down by Paltalk
The KFC Tape Revealed
Dex and Pranks Turn their sights on Roby
The Dex posts were made private after myself, my parents, and the radio station suffered 10 weeks of phone harassment, calling of neighbours, in town pizza places, and when that didn’t work, a week of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. When I was approached by my cable company about the internet terrorism that occurred, I relented and made a deal with Dex to pull the posts in exchange for the end to the harassment.
Here’s the condensed version of the calls from back in March:
Tariq Malik, the 25-year-old founder and leader of Pranknet, cowers in his bedroom as The Smoking Gun reporters station outside his home. read the whole article, seriously.
Dex is fucked, seriously. And I can’t say I’m anything but glad, after what happened to me over those weeks when i just mentioned him. Here are the people mentioned in the article, and specifically, those who are also on the tapes harassing me, which I will re-up in light of this new development:
Dex – Tariq Malik, 1637 Assumption Street, Windsor, 25.
Hempster – William Marquis, Gilroy Drive, Scarborough(Toronto), 51
Also mentioned in the article are Veruca, Slipknotpsycho, Moe Lester, and Prankster.
Arrests should be coming, and the ownage has already begun. Dex, you are getting your due, you stupid fucking piece of shit. Harassing me and my family? Thanks for coming out. Tres kudos to The Smoking Gun for this awesome, awesome article.
