*You know what's really wack about this? When
the Timeshare Spammer goes into the federal slammer,
his fellow inmates are gonna ask, "What you in for?"
"Uh... I violated the CAN-SPAM Act."
"You WHAT?! Oh... Ha ha ha! LOL! ROTFLMAO!"
ARRESTS, CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES
–Spammer Sentenced to One Year in Prison
(17 November 2005)
'Peter Moshou, sometimes known as the "Timeshare Spammer", was sentenced to one year in federal prison and ordered to pay US$120,000 in restitution for sending millions of spam messages in 2004 and 2005.
'Mr. Moshou was convicted in June of violating the CAN-SPAM Act; he had been named in a lawsuit filed by EarthLink. EarthLink also said that it has won a US$15.4 million judgment against Craig Brockwell and BC Alliance Inc. in a suit that claimed Mr. Brockwell and his company sent hundreds of thousands of unsolicited email messages.'
http://news.com.com/2102-7348_3-5959367.html?tag=st.util.print
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