*They sent a *spam software hacker* to jail with that law. I know I used
to scoff at CAN-SPAM, but that development is serious.
–Author of Spamming Tools Pleads Guilty
(July 7 & 8, 2009)
David S. Patton pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting violation of the
CAN-SPAM Act for developing a tool used by a prolific spammer, Alan
Ralsky. Patton could face up to six years in prison and has agreed to
forfeit more than US $50,000 he made from selling his Nexus and Proxy
Scanner tools. Nexus can be used to create email messages with phony
headers; Proxy Scanner, as its name suggests, sends the unsolicited
email through compromised proxies. Patton's case stems from a
pump-and-dump scheme that was orchestrated by Alan Ralsky, who is facing
a prison sentence of up to seven years.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/08/zombie_tool_charges/
http://www.cybercrime.gov/pattonPlea.pdf
