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Spammer’s nine-year sentence upheld

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Computer Crimes Act, First Amendment, spam

A divided Supreme Court of Virginia has affirmed the computer crime conviction and nine-year prison sentence of a North Carolina man who sent mass quantities of spam – unsolicited bulk e-mail – through AOL servers in Northern Virginia.
Defendant Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world when he was [...]

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