*** Spammer Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison ***

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- 05/30/2004
A man who sent 850 million junk e-mails through accounts
he opened with stolen identities was sentenced to up to
seven years in prison on Thursday.

Atlanta-based Internet service provider Earthlink Inc. said
it hoped the sentence and an earlier $16.4 million civil judgment
against Howard Carmack will deter other spammers.

"Before spammers send one more spam e-mail, we think they
should remember that what happened to Howard Carmack
can happen to them," said Karen Casion, Earthlink's assistant
general counsel.

Jurors sentenced Carmack to seven years for convictions in
March of forgery, identity theft and falsifying business records.
He must serve a minimum 3½ years.

Earthlink said Carmack ran 343 illegal e-mail accounts under
false names from 2002 until his arrest last May, using them to
send unsolicited e-mail ads for things like get-rich-quick schemes
and sexual enhancers.

Carmack told the judge he believed the case against him was
overblown, saying there were no victims. "I obviously regret
this whole involvement," he said.

Carmack was convicted of defrauding EarthLink and eight men
from New York, Ohio and Washington, D.C. Last May, the
company won a $16.4 million civil judgment against Carmack.

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