(((I used to post these because I marvelled that the CAN-SPAM act was so rarely enforced; but now I blog them because I JUST PLAIN
ENJOY THE HEALTHY SPECTACLE of these border-hopping malefactors getting their just comeuppance.)))
-Pair Gets Jail Time for Spam
October 12, 14 & 15, 2007)
Jeffrey A. Kilbride and James R. Schaffer have received prison sentences for their roles in a spam operation. Kilbride and Schaffer were prosecuted for CAN-SPAM violations as well as fraud, money laundering, and obscenity charges.
They launched their spam operation in 2003; when the CAN-SPAM Act was passed later that year, the men tried to make it appear their business was located overseas by logging into servers in
Amsterdam remotely, and directing income from their scheme to bank accounts in the Republic of Mauritius and the Isle of Man. (((Hey, cute trick.)))
Kilbride was sentenced to six years in prison, while Schaffer received a sentence of slightly more than five years. They were also fined US $100,000, ordered to pay US $77,5000 in restitution to AOL, and must forfeit more than US $1 million in proceeds from their scheme.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/smut_spam_sentencing/print.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/us/14spam.html?ei=5088&en=ecbc3c9e9004bff0&ex=1350187200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/October/07_crm_813.html
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