US spam king faces up to 65 years in clink

SPAM KING Robert Alan Soloway was indicted by a grand jury in Seattle, Washington, yesterday charged with fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.

Soloway has long been known to the authorities and has been pursued by the Feds, the taxman and various agencies for years.

The alleged scoudrel of the ether has for years stuffed in-boxes worldwide with junk.

He's been sued by various parties including Microsoft over the years. The Vole won millions of dollars in damages to be paid by Soloway but he never coughed up.

UK Spam-busting outfit Spamhaus first put Soloway on its blacklist in 2001. He was promoted to Spamhaus's list of the worst of the worst spammers in 2003.

Obviously he's been to court before and either ignored the judgments or failed to turn up. The court has tagged him as a serious flight risk.

If convicted he faces up to 65 years in the slammer.

You can read Spamhaus's profile of Soloway here.