[pchelpers] News:Spammer Ordered To Pay AOL $5.3 Million

 By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

A Minnesota man who authorities said sent billions of spam messages via 
America Online in 2003 was ordered to pay the ISP $5.3 million, a 
federal judge ruled this week.

Christopher William Smith, 25, who is currently in jail waiting an 
October trial on federal charges that he operated an illegal online 
pharmacy in 2004 and 2005, reportedly spammed users with shills for porn 
sites, online college degrees, and bogus Viagra.

According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Smith dropped out of high 
school in 1998, and lived in a $1.1 million house until he was arrested.

More here:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/177104627

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