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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. Justice is as justice does by djupedal · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison."

    He may want to ask for more years and just stay in - If I run into him on the street...well, let's just say he will need more than self-healing plastic skin to hold him together until he can be put out of his misery by Kevorkian.

    1. Re:Justice is as justice does by AutopsyReport · · Score: 4, Funny

      If I run into him on the street...well, let's just say he will need more than self-healing plastic skin to hold him together until he can be put out of his misery by Kevorkian.

      What are you going to do, fart in his general direction?

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  2. Yay! by apachetoolbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    CAN-SPAM Act: 1
    Spammers: 1,305,931,426,569

    1. Re:Yay! by strider1551 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Am I reading this right? There are more spammers than humans?! I mean, hell, how do you legally stop aliens from spamming?

  3. Too Many Kings by moehoward · · Score: 4, Funny


    There sure are a lot of guys who get the title Spam King. Can't we get more creative with these titles? Spam Lord. Spam Queen. Spam Prime Minister. Spam Court Jester. I'd prefer more Batman-style evil nemesis names like "The Green Viagra" or something.

    I mean, who votes for these Kings? I didn't vote for him!

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    1. Re:Too Many Kings by TheWoozle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pfft. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power based on a vote! Everyone knows that kings are chosen by women distributing swords in a farcical aquatic ceremony. If I said I had been elected Emperor by means of popular vote, they'd put me away!

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  4. pfft by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, Brother - where fart thou...?

  5. Care package to his cell mates by hellfire · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sending care packages to all of his fellow inmates... bottles and bottles of penis enlargement pills.

    I'll send one to him as well, but the penis enlargement pill bottles will be emptied and refilled with breast enlargement pills, instead.

    I know, I know... they don't work... but I can dream can't I?

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    1. Re:Care package to his cell mates by torqer · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd imagine the situation would be worse if the penis enlargement pills actually *did* work...

  6. Re:5 Minutes by AltGrendel · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maximum of five minutes in prison for each of the people he spammed. Seems a little light.

    Well, talk to the judge, maybe he'll give you have your five minutes alone with Vitale and let you to bring your own baseball bat.

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    - Douglas Adams

  7. Now if only they'd nail his brother Dick... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1, Funny

    We discussed Vitale's arrest back in February.


    Now if only they'd nail his brother Dick. He must be violating a noise ordinance somewhere.
  8. To those who say you only have to press 'delete' by Andy_R · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about we lock this guy in a cell with a keyboard, and let him out when he's pressed 'delete' once for every spam he sent?

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  9. Re:believe it when I see it by KUHurdler · · Score: 2, Funny

    so how much jail time did you have to serve?

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  10. Re:might be beliavable by Trent+Hawkins · · Score: 2, Funny

    It might actually achieve something if the Judge happened to clear out 1,000 spam messages from his mail box that morning. "Enlarge penises in jail, BITCH!"