I am not sure I updated all of you on Robert Soloway the “Spam King.”
Who is Robert Soloway?
“Robert Alan Soloway is the founder of the so-called "Strategic Partnership Against Microsoft Illegal Spam," or SPAMIS, but is said to be one of the Internet's biggest spammers through his company, Newport Internet Marketing (NIM).[1] He was arrested on May 30, 2007 after a grand jury indicted him on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud.[2] He was nicknamed the "Spam King" by prosecutors…” Wikipedia
I posted information about Robert Soloway and his spamming here in Howard’s Notebook many times.
You can see “Shut Down NPR Founder Now” – dated 01/05/2007
In that post I told his crimes and where he was going to be on a certain data and time and I called for his arrest.In my post of “exhausted and weak with BP of 123/62” dated 01/09/2007 I again told about him and said at that time that I felt his days were numbered and we would soon have an end to him.
In my post of “Robert Alan Soloway” on 03/15/2008 I reported that he had been arrested and was charged in a 40-count indictment and could face up to 20 years in prison.
I posted about this guy and his criminal operations more than the three times. The above is just a sample of some of my posts on the subject. One of my post about his operation got about 50 comments from people telling all the problems that he had caused them due to the spam he sent out.
2005 judgments
In 2005, Microsoft won a $7.8 million civil judgment against Soloway, for spam sent through MSN and Hotmail services. That money, however, was never collected because Soloway's bank accounts remained elusive.[6]
Later in 2005, Robert Braver, an internet services provider based in Oklahoma, was awarded $10,075,000.00 in another spam-related case against Soloway. In this lawsuit, a permanent injunction was issued against Soloway, enjoining him from further spam activities.[7]
Those judgments, however, did not stop Soloway's illegal spamming; in fact, he mocked them.[8]
[edit] Arrested in May 2007
He was arrested on May 30, 2007, after a federal grand jury indicted him on 35 charges including mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, identity theft and money laundering.[1] If convicted as charged, he could face decades in prison.[1] Prosecutors want to seize $773,000 that Soloway made from his firm.[9]
[edit] Pleaded guilty in March 2008
On March 14, 2008, Robert Soloway reached an agreement with federal prosecutors, two weeks before his scheduled trial on 40 charges. Soloway pleaded guilty to three charges — felony mail fraud, fraud in connection with e-mail, and failing to file a 2005 tax return.[10] In exchange, federal prosecutors dropped all other charges. Soloway faced up to 26 years in prison on the most serious charge, and up to $625,000 total in fines.
[edit] Prison sentence
On 22 July 2008 Robert Soloway was sentenced four years in federal prison, a ruling that sends a message to other spammers and online criminals. [11]
