Nine years for spam felon

Tough sentence upheld despite free-speech claims.

A US man convicted two years ago under the state of Virginia’s anti-spam laws has lost an appeal against his conviction. The case, believed the first to consider spamming a felony under US law, drew attention when the defendant argued the case infringed his right to free speech.

The man, Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, North Carolina, is said to have made $750,000 a month at the height his reign as one of the world’s top spammers, and has been free on a $1 million bond since his sentencing last year. Many of his targets were

AOL

users, and most of his spams were direct selling campaigns, including pornography and bogus goods.

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Washington Post


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Posted on 6 September 2006 by

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