October 14th, 2007
Two Spammers Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail
By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Here is one of those stories that just brings a big smile to your face, lightens your day, or night, and can pick up the spirits of pretty much anyone. Two spammers have been sentenced to five years in jail on charges of conspiracy, money laundering, fraud and transportation of obscene materials, they also were ordered to forfeit 1.3 million dollars.
Two men who sent millions of unsolicited pornographic e-mail messages have been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison as part of a prosecution under a federal antispam law, officials from the Department of Justice said Friday.
The men, Jeffrey A. Kilbride of Venice, Calif., and James R. Schaffer of Paradise Valley, Ariz., bought lists of e-mail addresses and sent the owners of those addresses links to pornographic Web sites, prosecutors said. Source: NY Times
We Say: Woohoo!
Shayne Gracious (London) says:
lol I guess I wouldn’t hold my breath on that “.xxx” extention, eh?
It’s nice to see spammers get their just desserts… especially those porn scum.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Spammers get 5 years in jail by Gadgetizer.com says:
[…] If there is one thing that I really don’t like on the internet, it is email spam. Therefore, I’m pretty happy to read that 2 spammers were sentenced to 5 years in jail after sending millions of unsolicited porn emails. […]
October 16th, 2007 at 4:51 pm