A man who sent 850 million junk e-mails through accounts he opened with stolen identities was sentenced to up to seven years in prison by a United States court on Thursday.
Atlanta-based Internet service provider Earthlink Inc. said it hoped the sentence and an earlier $16.4 million civil judgment against Howard Carmack will deter other spammers.
''Before spammers send one more spam e-mail, we think they should remember that what happened to Howard Carmack can happen to them,'' said Karen Casion, Earthlink's assistant general counsel.
Now if Australia & Britain convict a few of their infamous spammers, we might actually be making some progress. The full article can be reached here. A related news article on new legislation to deter spammers operating through Maryland can be read here.
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