Pic of spammer that's in jail
 

http://images.thisislondon.co.uk/v2/...04_100x110.jpg

A conman who sent millions of junk emails has been jailed for nine years in the first prosecution of its kind.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...0Standard&ct=5

You idiots amaze me. The judge still has to set his jailtime. A jury RECOMMENDED 9 years.

LOLO

meaty. lol

"Jaynes sent out more than 100,000 such messages over a 30-day period in July"

Fuck...You have got to be kidding...
I know spammers that send out 100k every 5 minutes...

Doesn't matter what he gets, he still got owned

Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., one of the Internet's top 10 spammers, according to watchdogs, was convicted in the first felony spam case -- just up the road from Fool HQ in Loudoun County, Va. He and his sister, Jessica DeGroot, were both found guilty by a jury that then recommended a jail term of nine years for Jaynes and a fine of $7,500 for DeGroot.

What's important here is the nature of the convictions: intentional spamming. Jaynes and DeGroot were convicted not for the alleged fraudulent nature of their millions of email solicitations -- Jaynes has amassed a reported fortune of $24 million hawking products like penny-stock pickers -- but for sending unsolicited junk and forging IP addresses to cover their tracks.

http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04110519.htm

you amaze me

the D.A. recommended 9 years.
you ever been to court? seen what happens when the da recommends something? 9.999 times, thats what the sentence is, and when its not, its normally longer. :thumbsup

dont try and sugar coat whats going on to make yourself feel better. your "profession" is rapidly comming to an end.

Don't drop the soap! DON'T DROP THE SOOOOOOAP!

Of course he sent out way more, just that I bet those were just the complaints. They said he was one of the biggest spammers.

"Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., one of the Internet's top 10 spammers, according to watchdogs, was convicted in the first felony spam case -- just up the road from Fool HQ in Loudoun County, Va. He and his sister, Jessica DeGroot, were both found guilty by a jury that then recommended a jail term of nine years for Jaynes and a fine of $7,500 for DeGroot."

idiots you sAy, :1orglaugh the judge might double his jail time :Graucho

I guess you can't read nor do you understand the legal system.

"Prosecutors asked the jury to impose a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for Jaynes, and to consider an unspecified prison term for his sister"

The judge cannot by law increase his jail time to longer then 9 years. Who's the idiot now?

Jury doesn't sentence the Judge does

No shit sherlock. That is what I am saying. The Jury recommend the sentence to the court.

bullshit if he can't, a judge can do any fucking thing he/she wants 2... of course the person can appeal it, while they are serving the time.

You havn't been before many judges I can tell.

He looks like he's trying to hold back a sly grin :1orglaugh

"When Jaynes and DeGroot are formally sentenced in February, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Horne will have the option of reducing the jury?s sentence or leaving it intact. He cannot increase it."

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3715257

Ill quote more articles shortly.

Here's another one for you to read.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._ge/spam_trial

Fucking idiot.

the guy got canned not for SPAMMING people, hes in his situtation because he was SCAMMING people. he was selling non existant products.

spammers always win

huh? :helpme

Strike 1)
bombarding America Online customers with unsolicited mail.

Strike 2)
Prosecutors in America described them as modern day "snake oil salesmen". The fraud involved offering people the chance to earn money working from home.

He was scamming as well as spamming.. double whammy.

I'm tell you the judge can do what ever he/she wants 2 do. Now the person can appeal it if they want while they are serving the time if the judge send's them 2 jail RAT then.

he's got the fucking power

asswipe

you have NO fucking ideal what you are saying..

you can post 50 news.yahoo.com shit, I don't give a flying fuck what they say and that judge sure the fuck don't.

asswipe

he's not going to get 9 years

Ok if you say so tough guy.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

with $24 million, i dont think many women would turn him down

Apparently he was making enough cash to eat VERY well!

:thumbsup

I'll be surprised if he gets 90 days

That's because he has his Cayman banking account info memorized to go pick up his loot when he gets out. :)

I dont like spam, in fact I hat it. But jail time for spam is absurd.

How about nailing the people that are making the viruses that are destroying people computers. They can use them, and that is a loss of actual property. Spam can be deleted with our having to take the pc to the shop to get it fixed.