- Spammer Jeremy Jaynes, aka Gaven Stubberfield, had the distinction of being the first spammer to be charged under Virginia's antispam law.
And he's now scored another equally less-than-desirable No 1.
He's been recommended for a nine-year jail term under the first US felony conviction of a spammer.
From Raleigh, North Carolina, Jaynes, 30, was convicted on three counts of using deceptive routing information in sending bulk commercial e-mail, says internetnews.com, going on:
"Under Virginia's anti-spam law, which went into effect in April 2003, spammers living outside of the state can be charged, even if none of the recipients live in Virginia, as long as the e-mail was routed through Virginia. More than half of the world's e-mail flows through Virginia, home of America Online and numerous federal agencies.
"According to the evidence presented at the trial, Jaynes, 30, and his sister, Jessica DeGroot, grossed more than $24 million in various e-mail scams. The jury spared DeGroot, 28, jail time but fined her $7,500. A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted."
Jaynes and DeGroot are expected to appeal on grounds that the Virginia law is an unconstitutional infringement of free speech, adds internetnews.com.
