Spam czar behind bars
June 13th, 2007 by Randy Stewart, Product Manager
Ars Technica reported yesterday that a convicted “Spam King may rule prison cell for 11 years after Feds nail him.”
“(Adam) Vitale and codefendant Todd Moeller were arrested by the Secret Service in February 2006 after setting up a scheme to advertise a PC security application in exchange for 50 percent of the profits. Unfortunately for Vitale and Moeller, they were dealing with a government informant.”
Reuters added that “in less than a week in August 2005, Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL, the online division of Time Warner Inc.”
Yow… glad to see the CAN-SPAM Act is getting some of the big spammers here in the US.
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