US duo in spam conviction - 9 years for 100,000 mails in 30 days

Thu, 11/18/2004 - 01:21 — Christoph C. Cemper

Wow… 9 years for Jaynes for 100,000 mails an especially some scam that the guy made 24 million $ with…

This is really the first criminal prosecution of internet spam distributors.

Jurors in Virginia recommended that the man, Jeremy Jaynes, serve nine years in prison and that his sister, Jessica DeGroot, be fined $7,500.

They were convicted under a state law that bars the sending of bulk e-mails using fake addresses.

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