Notorious Spammer Settles Suit
According to MSNBC, one of the world’s most infamous spammers, Ryan Pitylak, has settled lawsuits with the state of Texas and Microsoft Corp. The legal action has in turn cost him at least $1 million, taken away most of his assets and forced him to stop sending the aggravating e-mails.
Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last month, has admitted sending 25 million e-mails every day at the height of his spamming operation in 2004.
At one point, the media-appointed “spam king” was listed as the fourth-worst spammer in the world by the Spamhaus Project, the London-based international clearinghouse that tracks spammers and works closely with law enforcement officials.
The civil settlements were both reached last month in federal court.
As part of the settlement with Microsoft, Pitylak promised never again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails.
Pitylak, who plans to help Internet companies fight spam, said he would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines and legal bills.
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Only a $430,000 house and he ia top spammer? Must not be as much money in spam as I thought. Glad I am not in that business 
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