Jury Finds 2 Guilty of Felony Spam
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Two North Carolina residents yesterday became the first people in the nation to be convicted on felony spamming charges after a Loudoun County jury found that they flooded tens of thousands
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Spam that contains sexually oriented material viewable in e-mail messages violates the &quot;brown paper wrapper&quot; provision in the Can-Spam law.
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Two former Gateway executives have been found guilty by a federal jury of manipulating earnings and revenues to meet Wall Street expectations.
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Two collegiate fraternity brothers received a two-year prison term each Monday from a judge who said she wanted to send a message with the state's first prosecution under a felony hazing law
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A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted a Michigan man dubbed the "spam king," and 10 others, in an international illegal bulk e-mailing and stock fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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Washington - A man convicted of violating anti-spam laws by sending out tens of thousands of unsolicited emails using fake addresses faces nine years in prison in Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.
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A spammer accused of sending unsolicited mail to 1.2 million AOL subscribers pleaded guilty and faces potentially substantial fines and jail time, but one observer said the victory was at best a moral one for AOL.
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E-Mail sob stories that turn out to be scams could bring jail terms for trio who coaxed $1.2 million from victims.
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A court Friday convicted two men of charges stemming from the high-profile 1998 murder of a liberal Russian lawmaker, news agencies reported.
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A brother and sister who sent junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted in the nation&#39;s first felony prosecution of internet spam distributors.
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A jury Friday found former media tycoon Conrad Black guilty of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He and three co-defendants defrauded shareholders of Hollinger International and skimmed $60 million from the newspaper conglomerate.
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Members of a "pump-and-dump" spam group face prison terms, civil charges filed by the SEC.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 3--Any individual who engages in and profits from the practice of invading and clogging computers with junk e-mail ought to be prosecuted as severely as the concocter of any criminal conspiracy.
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Two spammers have been convicted of three charges of sending thousands of junk e-mails through servers located in Virginia. Jeremy Jaynes was sentenced to nine years in prison and Jessica DeGroot was fined $7,500 (Â£4,075).
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During my opening statement, I explained to the jury that sending spam by itself is not a crime, but when you masquerade your identity, you violate Virginia&#39;s law that took effect in July 2003.
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Prosecutors say the trial is the nation's first felony prosecution of spammers and could lead to future litigation in the fight against spam, which experts say accounts for more than 70 percent of e-mails.
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A federal grand jury in Detroit has  indicted a Michigan man dubbed the "spam king," and 10 others,  in an international illegal bulk e-mailing and stock fraud  scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.