March 19, 2008

Spam king faces lengthy jail term

The spam king is back in court again, this time it could be more serious than ever. For Robert Solway aged 28, who is known as the king of spam, could be looking at a prison sentence of anything up to twenty six years.

However this time the reason for him being in court is surprisingly fraud and tax evasion, it comes from the lawsuit with Microsoft, where they managed to win a judgement against him and compensation of $7.8 million. But Solway bragged about how he had been running a business for over ten without paying for anything at all, which is not a great idea.

It is estimated that some years his spamming operations raked in around $300,000, but his past record has not been brilliant, and so he can expect no special favours from anyone this time around. He may even have to under go questioning about his assets while being connected to a lie detector.

Source [Yahoo]