April 30, 2008...9:35 am
Man gets prison sentence after hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails
Can the Nigerian government combat SPAM emails originating locally from some fraudulent internet users?
we can take a cue here:
DENVER - A Colorado man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers.
Thirty-five-year-old Edward “Eddie” Davidson of Louisville was also ordered to pay nearly $715,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. He was sentenced Monday and ordered to report to prison authorities in May.
Federal prosecutors say Davidson’s operation used false e-mail headers to disguise the sender. Prosecutors say some of the spam was meant to dupe stock investors and manipulate markets.
Authorities say Davidson made at least $3.5 million sending e-mails for nearly 20 companies.
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_hi_te/spammer_punished
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