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Source: crn.com By: Stefanie Hoffman, Seattle man Tuesday was sentenced to 47 months in prison for spamming while a Colorado man is on the run after escaping from a federal prison camp. Robert Alan Soloway, also known as the "spam king," was sentenced to almost four years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of mail fraud, e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Investigators consider Soloway, 28, one of the country's most prolific spammers. According to court records, Soloway used networks of proxy computers, including botnets, to send more than 90 million spam messages in three months. His illegal spam messages advertised "broadcast e-mail" services and products for his Seattle-based business, the Newport Internet Marketing Corp., and contained false and forged headers, which directly violated the 2003 CAN SPAM Act.... [read full story]
