more on Spammer bail set at $1M

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Megan Holbrook <meganwh () wi rr com>
Date: November 9, 2004 2:56:17 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Spammer bail set at $1M
Reply-To: megan () kapow com

Dave -

Two salient points here: 1. Jaynes is not just being prosecuted for 
sending spam, but for committing fraud (he peddled non-existent 
products via email such as a "FedEx refund processor" that supposedly 
allowed people to earn $75 an hour while working from home); 2. He's 
supposedly made over $24 million and has hidden much of it in overseas 
bank accounts, so the high bail is justified.*

He may not have killed anyone, but he has certainly made old age much 
more difficult for the people he defrauded of their life savings.

M.


*http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/37887.html

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David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: November 9, 2004 10:46:35 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: lauren () vortex com
> Subject: Spammer bail set at $1M
> Dave,
> As much as we all hate spam, there is something disquieting about
> this story.  A nine year sentence for sending spam -- paraded around
> in shackles?  The Virginia anti-spam law in question is indeed
> questionable, and such state-based prosecution theories could one
> day come back to haunt a wide variety of non-spammers as well.  It's
> easy to point at an egregious case and to score prosecutorial points
> by throwing the book at him, but with so much blood, death, and
> serious crimes around the world at the moment, at the hands of
> individuals and institutions, one can't help but wonder if
> proportionality is becoming a completely forgotten concept.
> http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=237996
> --Lauren--
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