May 31, 2007
SO WE'RE STUCK WITH LITTLE JOHNSONS?:
Arrest could bring big drop in spam (Kyung M. Song and Jennifer Sullivan, 5/31/07, Seattle Times)
With the arrest Wednesday of a Seattle man accused of sending out tens of millions of spam e-mails, federal prosecutors say that computer users across the globe should see a significant drop in spam messages.Posted by Orrin Judd at May 31, 2007 11:19 AMRobert Soloway, a 27-year-old dubbed the "Spam King" by Interim U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan, was arraigned Wednesday on 35 counts of mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and fraud in connection with electronic mail.
Soloway is the first spammer federal prosecutors have charged with aggravated identity theft. The charge stems from his alleged theft of identities and business names for his widespread e-mail broadcasts -- which included advertisements for diplomas and penis enlargement, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Warma.
tens of millions? Units please. Per day? lifetime? per year?
Even if it was "per day", that wouldn't cover the amount of spam *I* get.
Posted by: Gerald at May 31, 2007 12:13 PMI demand poetic justice! Hang him . . . with Cat 5 Ethernet cable.
Posted by: Mike Morley at May 31, 2007 4:45 PMBetter poetic justice: repeatedly pass him through better and better filters.
Posted by: Just John at May 31, 2007 6:19 PMIf anyone ever deserved to be chained to a bumper and dragged for miles, he's it. Let's have some more arrests, Federal prosecutors! The names and addresses of these scumbags are generally known. Go get 'em!
Posted by: PapayaSF at May 31, 2007 8:28 PM