Since Spam Notes’ Venkat Balasubramani is temporarily off the grid, I’ll pinch hit for him by mentioning that Robert Soloway — Seattle’s very own “Spam King” — was sentenced today. Western District Judge Marsha Pechman gave him 47 months.
Mr. Soloway reportedly sent tens of millions of emails per day and made $700,000 spamming in the last four years.
He will have to pay the $700,000 he received as restitution.
Mr. Soloway told a local TV station he thought the sentence was fair.
Prosecutors had asked for nine years in prison and a fine of between $400,000 and $1 million.
The case reportedly is Washington’s first under the CAN-SPAM Act, which criminalizes the sending of spam.
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