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> Sat Dec 18, 3:25 PM ET > > Technology - AP > > DAVENPORT, Iowa - A federal judge has awarded an Internet > service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be > the largest judgment ever against spammers. [...] > U.S. District Judge Charles R. Wolle filed default judgments > Friday against three of the defendants under the Federal > Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and the Iowa > Ongoing Criminal Conduct Act. > > AMP Dollar Savings Inc. of Mesa, Ariz., was ordered to pay $720 > million and Cash Link Systems Inc. of Miami, Fla., was ordered > to pay $360 million. The third company, Florida-based TEI > Marketing Group, was ordered to pay $140,000. [...] > an Iowa law [...] allows plaintiffs to claim damages of $10 per > spam message. The judgments were then tripled under RICO. Probably the ISP is unlikely to collect much, but this is certainly a step in the right direction. Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.surbl.org/
