Spammer off to slammer

[Tulsa]

Spammer off to slammer



A MAN has been jailed for nine years for sending millions of junk e-mails, or "spamming".

Jeremy Jaynes, 30, is the first person in the US to receive a prison term in a spam case. He is said to have sent ten million unwanted e-mails a day.

By selling sham products and services in his messages he earned up to $750,000 (£398,000) per month.

Jaynes has appealed on a technicality, and the Virginia court has put off the start of his term under the new law, which outlaws sending bulk e-mail using fake addresses.

[slotter]

Imagine the time people had to spend cleaning up this mess. Sure made big bucks by doing it. Wow, $750K/mo.

He deserves jail big time. :bye:

[arbycoffee]

long term confindment

[Firewire]

Guess he can't hire Jonny Cochran now. He was making the $$$ to pay though.

[luckydog]

i'm sure robert blake's lawyer could get him off the charges!!!!!

[d mowery]

Hey - the guy makes a " few " mil and goes to the slamer for a year or two , Ist offence ya know , has the mola stashed in a off shore account , collects big interest , comes out lives greate for rest of life, Man hes smarter than a lot of us , Besides he pays no taxes , Taint fair

[d mowery]

Dont knock the year in the slammer , better than the year in Nam
A little plea bargen , time off for good behaver , reduced sentance , bout 2 , 2 1/2 years on a prisen farm for white collor stuff , good exchange Id say, with no expenses color tv , indoor outhouse, man I got to work my 66 yer ol butts off to have that :confused:

[Tulsa]

Don, he got nine years. Even half that isn't worth it.

[slotter]

More on this guy:

Judge Sentences Spammer to Nine Years

Apr 8, 8:38 PM (ET)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - A man convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday for bombarding Internet users with millions of junk e-mails.


However, Loudoun County Circuit Judge Thomas Horne delayed the start of Jeremy Jaynes' prison term while the case is appealed, saying the law is new and raises constitutional questions.

A jury had recommended the nine-year term for the Raleigh, N.C., man.

Jaynes, 30, who was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world at the time of his arrest, used the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services such as a "FedEx refund processor," prosecutors said. Thousands of people fell for his e-mails, and prosecutors said Jaynes' operation grossed up to $750,000 per month.

Jaynes was convicted in November for using false Internet addresses and aliases to send mass e-mail ads through an AOL server in Loudoun County, where America Online is based. Under Virginia law, sending unsolicited bulk e-mail itself is not a crime unless the sender masks his identity.

While prosecutors presented evidence of just 53,000 illegal e-mails, authorities believe Jaynes was responsible for spewing out 10 million e-mails a day. Prosecutors said Jaynes made millions of dollars from the illegal venture.

Prosecutor Lisa Hicks-Thomas said she was pleased with the ruling and confident that the law would be upheld on appeal.

But defense attorney David Oblon argued that nine years was far too long given that Jaynes was charged as an out-of-state resident with violating a Virginia law that had taken effect just weeks before. He planned to challenge both the constitutionality of the law, as well as its applicability to Jaynes.


"We have no doubt that we will win on appeal, therefore any sentence is somewhat moot. Still, the sentence is not what we recommended and we're disappointed," Oblon said outside court.

Horne said he might also reconsider the sentence if Jaynes loses the appeal.

"I do not believe a person should go to prison for a law that is invalid," he said. "There are substantial legal issues that need to be brought before the appellate court."

[d mowery]

Aint over till its over , The SHADOW knows things , but not much
Tulsa yer house looks a lot lik mine , i will get a photo to you sometime to compare the simularties, darn big words anyhow

[Utopia1dc]

I don't know if the time in prison would be worth the millions. He could have a lot of visitors (suitors) when the guards aren't a watching!!

[d mowery]

Not on a prison farm - maby sheep and cows, Kinda like Martha S. but on the other side of the fence

[Utopia1dc]

Not on a prison farm - maby sheep and cows, Kinda like Martha S. but on the other side of the fence

You're probably right, butt (punn intended) it's not worth the risk!!!