Spammer jailed

[srobert]

At last! I'm so happy. It won't stop the problem but at least now some of them will have to pay for vandalizing my inbox. At least he can't spam while in jail... or could he?

Extract from the article:

A New York state man who sent out millions of "spam" e-mails was sentenced to 3-1/2 to seven years in prison, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.

Carmack sent out 825 million bulk e-mail messages using stolen identities and forged addresses, the court found, and was the first defendant to face charges under the state's new identity-theft statute.

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[mcadam]

I don't get - he has send out 825 mill. spam messages, but he only used a fake identety in 14!?!? So, the lesson learned is that you can send out as much **** as you want as long as you don't lie about your identety

 

[MongoTheGeek]

I don't get - he has send out 825 mill. spam messages, but he only used a fake identety in 14!?!? So, the lesson learned is that you can send out as much **** as you want as long as you don't lie about your identety

Well, thats what they arrested him for.

Some would say that the lesson of Al Capone is kill and rape all you want but make sure the IRS gets it cut.

 

[Makosuke]

Finally, somebody doing something more than a slap on the wrist to these scum. What other area in life do we put up with people forging their identity, using stolen or hijacked resources, and trying to either sell products or more likely rip unsuspecting people off by the millions? How has it taken us so long to actually do something about at least the most vile of spam?

Incidentally, how about putting spammers in prison for one second for each message they sent; that's roughly equivalent to the time it took people and automated systems to sort through the junk they generated, right? In this guy's case, that adds up to a 26 year prison term. See ya in 2030.

 

[rainman::|:|]

I don't get - he has send out 825 mill. spam messages, but he only used a fake identety in 14!?!? So, the lesson learned is that you can send out as much **** as you want as long as you don't lie about your identety

More likely, they charged him with 14 counts as a deliberate move, or those 14 counts were easy to prove. In the US, anyway, people are usually not charged with more than a few counts of something, because the prosecution is only interested in getting them put away for life. Serial killers who may kill dozens or hundreds of people are typically convicted on 3-15 counts of murder, because prosecuting each count would be too expensive and wouldn't keep them imprisoned any longer...

so, he probably did it hundreds or thousands of times, but they only charged him with the 14.

paul