World’s Greatest Spammer Caught

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<h1>World’s Greatest Spammer Caught</h1> <p align=right>by Nick</p> <div align=justify>Robert Soloway, 27, was arrested yesterday on counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, identity theft and money laundering.<br /> <br /> Through his Company “Newport Internet Marketing”, Soloway offers an adveritising service of emailing 20 million email advertisements in 15 days for $500.<br /> <br /> Emails were sent from Zombie (infected) Computers since 2003. Emails included the headers of MSN and Hotmail addresses. This later lead to a court case in 2005 and Soloway paying Microsoft $7 million in damages.<br /> <br /> Prosecutors are looking for a $773,000 fine from the court. With Soloway’s 4 bank accounts seized by the US goverment, he will still have no trouble paying his lawyer.</div> <p align=center>Article source: <a href="http://www.ArticlePros.com/computers_and_internet/email/article-77774.html">ArticlePros.com</a></p>