Mike Temporale
12-16-2003, 07:05 PM
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3688320/
Each count carries up to five years in prison and fines of up to $2,500.
The Virginia case will be the first felony prosecution for violation of antispam statutes in the nation.
The fines are small, but 5 years in prision for spamming isn't. These guys each face 20 years if found guilty. I bet they never thought they would end up in jail when they started spamming.
More than 50 percent of all Internet traffic across the world passes through Virginia because AOL and 1,300 service providers or technology companies are located in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C.
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Each count carries up to five years in prison and fines of up to $2,500.
The Virginia case will be the first felony prosecution for violation of antispam statutes in the nation.
The fines are small, but 5 years in prision for spamming isn't. These guys each face 20 years if found guilty. I bet they never thought they would end up in jail when they started spamming.
More than 50 percent of all Internet traffic across the world passes through Virginia because AOL and 1,300 service providers or technology companies are located in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C.
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