Crackdown On Spam Continues With Tough Sentence in Virginia
from the oh-the-places-you'll-go dept
Although there are still a lot of spammers running around here in the U.S., their numbers are going down, thanks in part to more criminal convictions. One spammer in particular could be going down for a long time: Jeremy Jaynes, who was indicted over a year ago and recently convicted in Virginia for blasting people with 10 million unwanted emails a day. Looks like the judge got one too many Viagra come-on himself, as he has now accepted a jury's recommended sentence of 9 years in prison. Sounds pretty harsh, even for an insidious spammer. But surprisingly, the defense argued that the sentence was too long because Jaynes is an out-of-state resident being charged under a new law. Huh? Perhaps this is just a legal technicality with the same underlying idea that the punishment might not fit the crime. Still, it certainly sounds like he's admitting that the sentence would be fine if he had been tried with a similar crime in his home state of North Carolina. It's being appealed, and it's likely the sentence will get reduced. Here's hoping that he sees at least a little bit of jail time. Just don't give him access to email or the mail room, or prisoners will be start getting messages about penis enlargement.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
spam
How can Spyware vendors like 'Clara' be alowed to ply their trade when spammers get jail????
Can always delete spam, can't delete spyware
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: spam
I posted it over here
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: spam
Its a sliding scale really...
small time operation = not much money = mucho jailtime so the powers that be show they are doing something.
big company = lots of money = lobbyists = slap on the wrist 75K fine on scamming millions = cost of doing business
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: spam
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: spam
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
good deal on jail on spammers!
This is a step in the right direction i can only hope we hear more of this, and the spammers that are "out of state" can be prosecuted in another state for their activities!
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
good deal on jail on spammers!
This is a step in the right direction i can only hope we hear more of this, and the spammers that are "out of state" can be prosecuted in another state for their activities!
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
good deal on jail on spammers!
This is a step in the right direction i can only hope we hear more of this, and the spammers that are "out of state" can be prosecuted in another state for their activities!
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]