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US Federal Authorities Arrest the Notorious "Spam King"
Robert Alan Soloway, the man dubbed by the US federal authorities as the “Spam King”, was arrested this week on nine charges of identity theft, fraud, and money laundering; Soloway could face up to seventy-five years of prison time if convicted on all charges. This is the first federal prosecution under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, or CAN-SPAM Act, the US legislation that established US national standards for the sending of commercial email, and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The federal authorities were quick to point out that immediately after Soloway’s arrest the level of spam dropped significantly, suggesting that prosecutions under the CAN-SPAM Act to be an effective tool in the battle against spam. Some critics, however, note that most spammers are outside of the US and therefore beyond the reach of the federal authorities.
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