‘Spam King’ Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Soloway pleaded guilty to those charges as part of a deal to have 37 other counts, including multiple charges of identity theft and money laundering, dropped. He was set to go to trial in two weeks.

Ironically, he is not being sentenced for spamming.

The mail fraud charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years. The e-mail fraud charge carries a sentence of up to five years. The tax charge is punishable by up to a year in prison.

Soloway was arrested last May and accused of defrauding people who paid him to send bulk e-mail on their behalf and people who bought e-mail software from him.

According to prosecutors, Soloway