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Spammer Robert Soloway Update: 4 Years in Prison

After an unusually long sentencing hearing (it lasted two-and-a-half days), Judge Marsha Pechman handed down her sentence in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.

Per the Official Press Release from United States Attorney’s Office : “ROBERT ALAN SOLOWAY, 29, the owner of NEWPORT INTERNET MARKETING CORPORATION of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to forty-seven months in prison and three years of supervised release for Mail Fraud, Fraud in Connection with Electronic Mail, and Willful Failure to File a Tax Return. In addition, he was directed to perform 200 hours of community service. At a later hearing, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman will determine the total amount of restitution SOLOWAY owes to the victims of his spamming.”

There has been a lot of press on this being this is one of the biggest trials of an email spammer to date. Just some of the articles I found:

• Blogger News: Will One Spam King’s Conviction and Another’s Escape Mean Less E-Trash on the Internet?, July 25th
• The News Tribune: A lovely prison term for the ‘spam king’, July 25th
• Biz Journal: ‘Spam King’ Soloway given 47-month prison sentence, July 23rd
• PC World: Top Spammer Sentenced to Nearly Four Years, July 22nd
• The Spam Diaries: Word from the Soloway sentencing hearing, July 15th
• CIO: Soloway Case Reveals Big Business Behind Spam, July 15th
• Computer World: Judge delays ’spam king’ sentencing, July 14th
• Komo News: Victims testify at Spam King’s sentencing, July 11th
• Seattle PI: ‘Spam King’ defied Feds, now faces up to 20 years, July 11th