Man gets prison after hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails

[Mugu]

AP via Yahoo

DENVER - A Colorado man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers.

Thirty-five-year-old Edward "Eddie" Davidson of Louisville was also ordered to pay nearly $715,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. He was sentenced Monday and ordered to report to prison authorities in May.

Federal prosecutors say Davidson's operation used false e-mail headers to disguise the sender. Prosecutors say some of the spam was meant to dupe stock investors and manipulate markets.

Authorities say Davidson made at least $3.5 million sending e-mails for nearly 20 companies.

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[WildClarySage]

1. I guess spam doesn't pay.

[xfm]

2. i thought the article meant...

he got jail time for sending the spam only. it was what the spam contained that got him sent away.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Well, that and tax evasion.

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