9 Years in Jail for Spam

The first sentence for spamming is already a fact. Nine years in prison for violating anti-spam laws, illegally sending of millions emails can receive Jaynes, 30, who was considered among the top spammers in the world.  

Jaynes, who operated using the alias "Gaven Stubberfield," was listed by the anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus.

He was the first spammer to be prosecuted for a serious crime under new legislation.

Jeremy Jaynes of the Raleigh area of North Carolina, was convicted in November of violating Virginia's anti-spam statute by illegally flooding America Online accounts with tens of thousands of bulk e-mail advertisements.

Jeremy Jaynes, during hist career as one of the world's most prolific spammers, bought two homes, paying more than $US1 million for one property, bought a steak restaurant and invested in a chain of gyms.
Prosecutors believe Jaynes amassed up to $US24 million, even though they estimated that he made money on perhaps only one in 30,000 emails. Prosecutors said Jaynes' operation grossed up to $750,000 per month.

Jaynes was convicted in November for using false Internet addresses and aliases to send mass e-mail. The spamming ads have been sent through an AOL server in Loudoun County.

Amongst the 'products' offered via his mass emailing were pornography, fake products and work-at-home schemes which purported to allow people to earn up to $75 an hour working from home.

While prosecutors presented evidence of just 53,000 illegal e-mails, authorities believe Jaynes was responsible for spewing out 10 million e-mails a day.