Spammer gets 9 years in jail!

[Pac_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."

 

Okay, so the guy is grossing $750K a month, and it sounds to me like most or all of what he's selling is fraudulent. The Enron executives were put in jail for, um, fraud. Defrauding the public to the tune of $750K a month is massive enough that he should be lumped into the Enron category.

 

But even beyond that, spam destroys billions of dollars of productivity each year. Recipients of spam bear the cost (in terms of deleting spam, having legitimate emails get accidentally deleted as spam, etc.). If you're going to stop spam, you have to instill fear.

 

Now, you say that spammers could just move offshore. That's true, but it adds an expense. Anything you can do to reduce the efficiency of their operations, or make it harder for them to do business, the better.

[splinter21]

maybe if the judge let everyone he spammed get a kick at his nuts

[Tcali]

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Now that's tough!

Dude sent 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines...

299914[/snapback]

I seem to recall a guy from Buffalo getting busted a few years back.Anyone remember that case.??-He lived near Buff Sate i believe..

[Britbillsfan]

"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."

 

Okay, so the guy is grossing $750K a month, and it sounds to me like most or all of what he's selling is fraudulent. The Enron executives were put in jail for, um, fraud. Defrauding the public to the tune of $750K a month is massive enough that he should be lumped into the Enron category.

 

300289[/snapback]

You expect posters to read and understand an article before posting - don't you know that is not in the tradition of TBD posters.

 

The guy does deserve gaol for his fraudulant activities, nine years seems about right after you take into account parole. Fraud cases are notoriously difficult and laborious to get convictions and take a long time to go through the courts (here in the UK at least) so going after these serial fraudsters by attacking their methods is a legit tactic.

[Nanker]

I don't think he should be put in prison.

They should simply surround him with Sheriff Deputies and withhold all food and water for 30 days.

Hey, it's only 30 days. It's not like he's a defenseless woman or anything.

[gmac17]

There are people that abuse and torture children, commit armed robberies, and even some murderers who don't get 9 years.

 

you should be complaining about the light sentences of those people, not the harsh sentences of someone who caused others billions of dollars in costs to other companies.

[CJPearl2]

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