Robert Soloway

Spammer Robert Alan Soloway is facing heavy prison time and stiff fines after pleading guilty in U.S. District court to single counts of mail fraud, email fraud and tax evasion. The original indictment included over 40 criminal charges including aggravated identity theft, money laundering and wire fraud. The charges stem from the company Soloway ran from 1997-2007. Newport Marketing offered spamming services and also a software package that promised to make it easy for others to send their own spam. The company’s services included a $195 package that promised delivery of the customer’s ad to 2 million email addresses in 15 days. Soloway bragged ... Read Full Story

Some guy named Robert Soloway was sentenced to 47 months in prison in Seattle today. Soloway apparently sent over 90 million e-mails in a three month span.... Here's the story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/371772_spamking23.html And speaking of spam, I've gotten some a couple really funny spam e-mails over the last couple days and as long as it's on topic I thought I'd put them up: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:13 PM Subject: Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French Ronald Reagan Prime Suspect In Bank Robbery (SPAM LINK) And from today: Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: Barack Obama Wins Ku Klux Klan Endorsement ... Read Full Story

If prison inmates have an unspoken set of rules for spammers, like they do for pedophiles, Robert Soloway is in for a long 26 years. The 28 year old would basically hijack zombie computers and send out millions of spam emails. This was the statement he posted on a forum in 2005: "I've been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars and have had my business running for over 10 years without ever paying a dime regardless to the outcome of any lawsuits."  Karma can be a bitch, especially in prison. Read Full Story

Robert Soloway dubbed the "Spam King" was sentenced in Washington yesterday, according to an article in the Seattle Intelligencer. For his misdeeds, Soloway was sentenced to just under four years. Notably, Soloway was the second person to be prosecuted under the Can-Spam Act . It should also be noted that the prosecutors asked for about twice the time in prison and with good behavior, Soloway will probably only serve about half of the sentence he received. Like most of the many "Spam Kings" out there, Soloway allegedly used a botnet (army of zombie computers ) to saturate the electronic universe with e-trash, including advertisements ... Read Full Story

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