[IP] Spammer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
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From: Adam Peake <ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 27, 2004 10:14:36 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Spammer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
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Spammer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
Thu May 27, 4:40 PM ET
By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A man who sent 850 million junk e-mails through
accounts he opened with stolen identities was sentenced to up to seven
years in prison on Thursday.
Atlanta-based Internet service provider Earthlink Inc. said it hoped
the sentence and an earlier $16.4 million civil judgment against Howard
Carmack will deter other spammers.
"Before spammers send one more spam e-mail, we think they should
remember that what happened to Howard Carmack can happen to them," said
Karen Casion, Earthlink's assistant general counsel.
Jurors sentenced Carmack to seven years for convictions in March of
forgery, identity theft and falsifying business records. He must serve
a minimum 3 1/2 years.
Earthlink said Carmack ran 343 illegal e-mail accounts under false
names from 2002 until his arrest last May, using them to send
unsolicited e-mail ads for things like get-rich-quick schemes and
sexual enhancers.
Carmack told the judge he believed the case against him was overblown,
saying there were no victims. "I obviously regret this whole
involvement," he said.
Carmack was convicted of defrauding EarthLink and eight men from New
York, Ohio and Washington, D.C. Last May, the company won a $16.4
million civil judgment against Carmack.
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