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Man faces 26 year sentence for spamming - 8/9/2010
Spamming can pay out big cash, but it hasn't paid off for someone considered the eighth-largest spammer in the world by Spamhaus. Having pleaded guilty to electronic mail fraud, "snail" mail fraud, and not filing a tax return in 2005—when he reportedly made over $300,000 from his spamming activities.
Accused of using Chinese ISPs to send out spam e-mail using a database of 157.8 million e-mail addresses, as well as operating a botnet used for spamming. He faced significant jail time and the prospect of having to forfeit all of his spam-related assets to the federal government.