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Pestilent spammer arrested
Another 'spam king' locked up.
A man described by anti-spam organisation Spamhaus as 'one of the most persistent professional spammers' was arrested in Seattle late last month and indicted on 35 counts including mail fraud, wire fraud, email fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.
According to Spamhaus, Robert Alan Soloway has been a prolific spammer and seller of harvested lists for many years. Indeed, Soloway has already been in court for spam-related offences on a number of occasions. In 2005 Microsoft won a $7 million civil judgment against him, and in the same year the operator of a small Oklahoma-based ISP was awarded a $10 million judgment against him. In September 2005, a US district judge issued a permanent injunction against Soloway, forbidding him to continue sending messages that violated the CAN-SPAM act. However, Soloway ignored the injunction.
If convicted of all charges, Soloway could face up to 65 years in prison (though the term is generally expected to be substantially less).
01 June 2007
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