Spammer fined $11billion

Post by **117** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:46 pm

A Small ISP in the town of Clinton, Iowa, has just won one of the largest payouts ever extracted from a spammer.

The firm, CIS Internet Services, won $11.2 billion from James McCalla, from Florida, who was found to have sent millions of unsolicited e-mails advertising mortgage and debt consolidation services through the ISP's network.

A lawsuit claimed that McCalla sent more than 280 million illegal spam e-mail messages. Frims advertised in the spam had already been ordered to cough up a billion dollars in damages.

Prosecutors argued that under state law in effect at the time, CIS was entitled to $10 per illegal e-mail.

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Post by **fac51** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:53 pm

hehe nice one

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:55 pm

Post by **117** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:57 pm

doesnt mean a lot tho, the spammer will never pay up a cent of the $11bill

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:28 am

well they could repossess his house and car and so on and of course his PC and make his life miserable for him :devil:

Post by **117** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:19 pm

or he could sell/hide all his stuff, give all his money to someone to look after and declare himself bankrupt, then in 5years time the debt's all gone

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:32 pm

maybe they oughta stick him in jail then