A Buffalo, New York man who sent out millions of spam messages was sentenced yesterday to 3-1/2 to seven years in prison.
Howard Carmack, known as the “Buffalo Spammer,” received the maximum sentence for 14 counts of identity theft and forgery, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said.
Carmack sent out 825 million bulk e-mail messages using stolen identities and forged addresses, the court found, and was the first defendant to face charges under the state’s new identity-theft statute.
He was found guilty in April and sentenced Thursday.
