Spammer Is Sentenced to 9-Year Prison Term
From Associated Press
A Virginia judge sentenced a spammer to nine years in prison in the nation’s first felony prosecution for sending junk e-mail, although the sentence was postponed while the case is appealed.
A jury had recommended the prison term after convicting Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., of pumping out at least 10 million e-mails a day.
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