Spammer lands $11 billion fine
> A SMALL ISP in the town of Clinton, Iowa, has just won one of the largest payouts ever extracted from a spammer.
> The firm, CIS Internet Services, won $11.2 billion from James McCalla, from Florida, who was found to have sent millions of unsolicited e-mails advertising mortgage and debt consolidation services through the ISP’s network.
At $10 per spam sent, it suddenly gets pricey if you get cought.
They don’t expect to see much of the money they were awarded, but it’s nice to see a big-time spammer get smacked around a bit. Paying off that debt is going to take a while.
