Reply #6: well, isn't it considered spam? [View All]

[jdj]

aren't they arresting spammers now? I just heard that a spammer in NC got sent up for some serious time.

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November 4, 2004
Spammer Gets Slammer
By Roy Mark


A jury in Virginia recommended a nine-year prison term Wednesday afternoon for the first U.S. felony conviction of a spammer. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., was convicted on three counts of using deceptive routing information in sending bulk commercial e-mail.

Under Virginia's anti-spam law, which went into effect in April 2003, spammers living outside of the state can be charged, even if none of the recipients live in Virginia, as long as the e-mail was routed through Virginia.***** More than half of the world's e-mail flows through Virginia, home of America Online and numerous federal agencies.*****

According to the evidence presented at the trial, Jaynes, 30, and his sister, Jessica DeGroot, grossed more than $24 million in various e-mail scams. The jury spared DeGroot, 28, jail time but fined her $7,500. A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted.

Circuit Court Judge Thomas Horne will formally sentence Jaynes and DeGroot in February. Horne may reduce the sentence or follow the jury's recommendation, but he cannot increase the penalties.

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3431221

from:
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/reports/index.php/4491

maybe write your congress people and then send them a copy of the letter or something.