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Nove anni di prigione e 7.500 dollari di multa per due fratelli
Avevano inviato migliaia di e-mail spazzatura a clienti di Aol
Usa, in carcere per lo spam
E' la prima sentenza penale
LEESBURG (Virginia) - Due cittadini statunitensi, fratello e sorella, sono stati condannati rispettivamente a 9 anni di prigione e a 7.500 dollari di multa per spam. E' il primo processo penale negli Stati Uniti per l'invio di messaggi spazzatura nelle caselle di posta elettronica.
Jeremy e Jessica Jaynes sono stati riconosciuti colpevoli da una giuria di aver inviato migliaia di e-mail nelle quali pubblicizzavano fantomatiche aziende in grado di vendere mutui a tasso bassissimo, azioni da pochi centesimi prossime al boom, software per la privacy, e così via. Secondo le indagini, Jeremy e Jessica Jaynes avrebbero inviato oltre 100 mila di questi messaggi tra luglio e agosto del 2003 a clienti del provider America Online.
America Online ha sede nella Virginia, stato che, proprio per questo motivo, veicola circa la metà del traffico internet mondiale. Recentemente, la Virginia si è dotata di una legislazione antispam, la più severa degli Stati Uniti, che prevede fino a 15 anni di prigione per chi invia posta spazzatura. "Questa sentenza è una grande vittoria per gli abitanti della Virginia è per tutti gli americani", ha commentato il procuratore generale della Virginia, Jerry W. Kilgore.
La sentenza è stata sospesa in attesa che il giudice consideri una mozione della difesa, che chiede di ascoltare altri testimoni. L'avvocato di Jeremy e Jessica Jaynes, David Oblon, ha inoltre obiettato che i suoi clienti, essendo residenti nel North Carolina, non erano consapevoli della severa legge della Virginia.
(4 novembre 2004)
Finalmente qualcosa di buono!!!
Chi spamma va in galera
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Chi spamma va in galera
non aver paura della gente cattiva, bensà della gente ignorante
Era quasi ora. Ecco l'articolo che e' apparso su CNN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/03/s ... index.html
La giuria ha chiesto quella condanna, ma il giudice non ha ancora resa una decisione finale.
Siblings convicted in first felony spam case
Thursday, November 4, 2004 Posted: 1450 GMT (2250 HKT)
LEESBURG, Virginia (AP) -- A brother and sister who sent junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation's first felony prosecution of Internet spam distributors.
Jurors recommended that Jeremy Jaynes be sentenced to nine years in prison and fined Jessica DeGroot $7,500 after convicting them of three counts each of sending e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.
A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted of similar charges.
The judge was still considering a motion from defense attorneys to set aside the verdict and will hear arguments on it a later date. He had said previously that he had reservations about allowing the case against DeGroot and Rutkowski to go to a jury.
Virginia, where AOL is based, prosecuted the case under a law that took effect last year barring people from sending bulk e-mail that is unsolicited and masks its origin.
Prosecutors said Jaynes, 30, and DeGroot, 28, who live in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area, used the Internet to peddle sham products and services such as a "FedEx refund processor."
The refund processor supposedly allowed people to earn $75 an hour for working from home. In one month alone, Jaynes received 10,000 credit card orders, each for $39.95, for the processor.
"This is a snake oil salesman in a new format," said state prosecutor Samuel E. Fishel IV.
Prosecutors had asked the jury to impose a maximum prison sentence of 15 years for Jaynes and to consider some jail time for his sister.
David Oblon, Jaynes' attorney, argued that it was inappropriate for prosecutors to seek what he called excessive punishment because it was the first time the new law had been prosecuted.
Oblon also said that because his client was a North Carolina resident he would have been unaware of the Virginia law.
Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore applauded the convictions and called Virginia's anti-spam law the toughest in America.
"Spam is a nuisance to millions of Americans, but it is also a major problem for businesses large and small because the thousands of unwanted e-mails create havoc as they attempt to conduct business," Kilgore said in a statement.
Il governo americano si sta ora concentrando su "spyware"
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/03/s ... index.html
La giuria ha chiesto quella condanna, ma il giudice non ha ancora resa una decisione finale.
Siblings convicted in first felony spam case
Thursday, November 4, 2004 Posted: 1450 GMT (2250 HKT)
LEESBURG, Virginia (AP) -- A brother and sister who sent junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation's first felony prosecution of Internet spam distributors.
Jurors recommended that Jeremy Jaynes be sentenced to nine years in prison and fined Jessica DeGroot $7,500 after convicting them of three counts each of sending e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.
A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted of similar charges.
The judge was still considering a motion from defense attorneys to set aside the verdict and will hear arguments on it a later date. He had said previously that he had reservations about allowing the case against DeGroot and Rutkowski to go to a jury.
Virginia, where AOL is based, prosecuted the case under a law that took effect last year barring people from sending bulk e-mail that is unsolicited and masks its origin.
Prosecutors said Jaynes, 30, and DeGroot, 28, who live in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area, used the Internet to peddle sham products and services such as a "FedEx refund processor."
The refund processor supposedly allowed people to earn $75 an hour for working from home. In one month alone, Jaynes received 10,000 credit card orders, each for $39.95, for the processor.
"This is a snake oil salesman in a new format," said state prosecutor Samuel E. Fishel IV.
Prosecutors had asked the jury to impose a maximum prison sentence of 15 years for Jaynes and to consider some jail time for his sister.
David Oblon, Jaynes' attorney, argued that it was inappropriate for prosecutors to seek what he called excessive punishment because it was the first time the new law had been prosecuted.
Oblon also said that because his client was a North Carolina resident he would have been unaware of the Virginia law.
Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore applauded the convictions and called Virginia's anti-spam law the toughest in America.
"Spam is a nuisance to millions of Americans, but it is also a major problem for businesses large and small because the thousands of unwanted e-mails create havoc as they attempt to conduct business," Kilgore said in a statement.
Il governo americano si sta ora concentrando su "spyware"
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