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US court upholds anti-spam law
News At the time of his arrest, Jaynes was regarded as the eighth-worst spammer by spam watchdog Spamhaus, the statement added. Virginia state attorney general Bob McDonnell said in a statement: "Online fraud is a costly and serious crime. [07 Sep 2006]
Major spammer pays $1m settlement
News At the peak of his spamming activity, the 24-year-old Texas resident was listed as the world's fourth most prolific spammer by anti-spam group Spamhaus. The settlements with Microsoft and the Attorney General's Office have been a serious reality... [05 Jun 2006]
Data thief gets eight years in the clink
News The company's now-defunct domain shows up on the Register of Known Spam Operations compiled by the Spamhaus Project, and dozens of sightings of spam from Snipermail.com appear on Usenet's news.admin.net-abuse.sightings discussion group. [23 Feb 2006]
Spam King gives up spamming
News According to anti-spam campaign group Spamhaus, Richter has been removed from ROKSO - an authoritative list of the world's most notorious spammers - after he decided to go straight earlier this year. Steve Linford, director of Spamhaus, said: "It's... [21 Jul 2005]
Spam King-cum-pant seller bankrupted by Microsoft
News The suit alleges that Richter, the world's third most prolific spammer according to anti-spam watchdog SpamHaus, is responsible for sending billions of spam messages with spoofed sender names and misleading subject lines. [29 Mar 2005]
Texas cracking down on spammers
News Steve Linford from Spamhaus told silicon.com his organisation has been working closely with Attorney General Abbott to get these operations shut down and expressed delight at the way Texas is going about achieving that. [14 Jan 2005]
'Spam King' escapes $20m fine - by $19.95m
News Richter, proprietor of 'email marketing' company OptInRealBig.com - dubbed the world's second most prolific spammer by anti-spam organisation SpamHaus - had been in Spitzer's firing line for repeatedly breaking the terms of the 2003 CAN SPAM Act. [21 Jul 2004]
Court stops anti-spam firm from blocking junk email
News Richter also has been named one of the world's largest spammers by ROKSO, the Register of Known Spam Operations, which is listed on Spamhaus, an anti-spam and consumer advocacy organization. This whole system is done in the dark - we don't know who... [12 May 2004]
Spamlord switches career to underwear seller
News He's rated as the world's second-most prolific spammer, according to anti-spam foundation Spamhaus. After getting New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer spewing bile at the very mention of his name, thanks to his junk mail antics, spam... [21 Apr 2004]
Virginia bags notorious spammer
News According to antispam organisation Spamhaus, "Stubberfield" is well-known for pornographic and "get rich quick" offers online and was ranked number 8 on the group's top 10 spammers list for November. Anyone with any sense would, of course, realise... [12 Dec 2003]
Are spam blacklists killing legitimate emails?
News In response to a question from the FTC, Spamhaus' Alan Murphy refused to say which ISPs were using the organization's blacklist and, citing current litigation, would not reveal what procedure is used to add addresses to it. [02 May 2003]
