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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. ? Jeremy Jaynes, the first man convicted in America on felony counts of illegal spamming, has received a nine year prison sentence for his role in sending out millions of unsolicited commercial emails.
Once considered to be among the dozen most prolific spammers in the world, the 30 year old North Carolina man was convicted this past November for using spam emails to sell online pornography as well as bogus products and services ? earning him as much as $750,000 per month from his criminal enterprise.

Bit excessive punishment if you ask me