I haven’t seen a prison sentence in violation of the Can-Spam Act in I can’t remember how long.  Well, it looks like 2 men are now facing the consequences of violating this act.  Not only do they have to forfeit their profits of over $1 million, but they also have to serve 5 years in prison.  Looks like they got the short end of the stick on this deal… but then again, that’s usually what happens when you break the law.

Two men convicted of sending pornographic spam under the Can-Spam Act have been sentenced to serve more than five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.

Assistant attorney general Alice S. Fisher of the criminal division and interim U.S. attorney Dan G. Knauss of the District of Arizona said that Jeffrey A. Kilbride, 41, of Venice, Calif., and James R. Schaffer, 41, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., had been sentenced to 72 months and 63 months in prison, respectively, for running an international pornographic spam ring that took in over $1 million.

Kilbride received a longer sentence because the court found that he had obstructed justice by trying to deter a government witness from testifying in the case, according to the Department of Justice.

Kilbride and Schaffer were fined $100,000, ordered to pay $77,500 to AOL, and will forfeit over $1.1 million in illegal proceeds from their spam operation.[more]

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