The spammers earned millions from sending traffic to porn sites. They tried to evade the CAN-SPAM Act by using servers in Amsterdam:

“…”These men used a variety of tricks to try and hide their whereabouts from the US authorities, including logging-in remotely to servers based in Amsterdam to make their spam messages appear to be of non-US origin, and using bank accounts in Mauritius and the Isle of Man,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.”

link: Duo found guilty of international spam campaign

The legislation calls for five years for each spam sent. In addition, there are obscenity charges as well as money laundering. - It would be nice if a very strong message is sent to spammers and these two only see prison snail mail for years and years.

Catherine Forsythe

[tags]spammers, conviction, can-spam act, legislation[/tags]