This spring, the Federal Trade Commission broke up one of the nation’s most onerous e-mail spammers – Optin Global. This company was doing business under several shell companies as well, including USA Lenders, USA Debt Consolidation Service and Vision Media. Regulators filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, but the companies’ owner, Rick Yang, and Peonie Chen, president, settled allegations of violating spamming laws without admitting any wrongdoing. …