arbitraryaardvark's Journal: submited article: spam king cops plea

The Seattle Times reports that spammer Robert Soloway has pled guilty to mail fraud and tax avoision, in exchange for the state dropping multiple iffy counts of identify theft. Wikipedia. Slashdot previously covered his arrest and mention in the New Yorker. The wire fraud felony count is based on selling $500 packages to wannabe spammers.

here's the edited version that ran

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Your Rights Online: Spam King Pleads Guilty in Seattle Posted by Zonk on Saturday March 15, @11:44PM from the why-would-you-want-to-be-king-of-that dept. Privacy arbitraryaardvark writes "The Seattle Times reports that spammer Robert Soloway has pled guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion, in exchange for the state dropping multiple counts of identify theft. 'The electronic-mail fraud charge is punishable by up to five years in prison. The tax charge is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum one-year sentence.