Leading Spammer to Pay $1 Million
One of the worlds notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with
the state of Texas and Microsft Corp. that cost him at least
$1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop
sending the nuisance e-mails.
Ryan Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last month,
has admitted sending 25 million e-mails everyday at the height of his
spamming operation in 2004. As part of the settlement with Microsoft,
Pitylak promised never again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails. He said he would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines and legal bills.
-Associated Press
Should happen more often and I'm surprised there was no mention of any criminal charges.
One of the worlds notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with
the state of Texas and Microsft Corp. that cost him at least
$1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop
sending the nuisance e-mails.
Ryan Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last month,
has admitted sending 25 million e-mails everyday at the height of his
spamming operation in 2004. As part of the settlement with Microsoft,
Pitylak promised never again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails. He said he would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines and legal bills.
-Associated Press
Should happen more often and I'm surprised there was no mention of any criminal charges.





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