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"Spam King" Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court

Posted by Zonk on from the going-down-with-the-ship dept.

Monty writes "It looks like 'Spam King' Adam Vitale has finally plead guilty to violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 in federal court in New York City. 'The indictment said 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. Vitale will be sentenced on September 13 when he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison. Moeller, who lives in New Jersey, faces the same charge.' We discussed Vitale's arrest back in February."

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  1. PMITA Prison, I hope... by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hopefully to be in the cell next door to Paris "Sock Puppet" Hilton.

    (Cue "US is evil/rape prison/Saddam was better in 3...2...1...)

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  2. Informant? by residieu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL

    Do we have any ammunition to go after the real problem here, people like "the informant" that hire the spammers?