Who says spammers don’t pay? Apparently, they do.
Alan Ralsky, considered as the “Godfather of Spam,” together with a few others, has been sentenced by a federal judge with more than 4 years of prison time. Ralsky also faces probation of 5 years and he needs to forfeit the $250,000 that the government has seized in 2007.
Ralsky and Bradley were charged for conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud and violating the CAN-SPAM Act, and for committing wire fraud and engaging in money laundering. Before a law has been passed to crack down e-mail marketers in 2003, Ralsky’s misdeeds have totaled to 70 million spam messages a day from fake names.
The FBI conducted the investigation for 3 years that ended in indicting 11 individuals involved in the crime in December of 2007.
Source: CNN
