Tag archive: Adam Vitale

27-year-old Adam Vitale has a little time to reflect on his spamming activities. 30 months of time, in fact; that’s how long he was given in jail by a New York court, in addition to a $180,000 fine. Along with another man, Todd Moeller, Vitale sent 250,000 spam messages to over a million AOL e-mail addresses, according to Vnunet. They used a number of computers and changed mail headings to avoid AOL spam filters. The duo was caught… Read More

In the first case prosecuted under the United States' CAN-SPAM Act to be tried before a jury, spammers Jeffrey Kilbride of Venice, California, and James Schaffer of Paradise Valley, Arizona, were sentenced to five and a quarter and six years in federal prison, respectively, for sending pornographic spam, as well as engaging in fraud, and money laundering. Each defendant was also fined $100,000 and ordered to pay AOL $77,500 in… Read More