It’s a great day for internet and e-mail users – one of the world’s top spammers has been arrested. This is not directly connected to real estate investing, but spam affects every e-mail users, and I just can’t resist commenting on it.

An article on techshout.com opened with this:

A man who ironically has the distinction of being one of the world’s most prolific spammers has been arrested and in fact U.S. authorities went on to say that computer users across the internet did observe a drop in the amount of junk e-mail.

Robert Alan Soloway, 27, has been indicted on 35 federal felony counts, including identity theft and money laundering. U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said this is the first time federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes to indict someone for taking over someone else’s internet domain name. Sullivan said Soloway is responsible for millions of spam e-mails. If convicted as charged, Soloway faces a maximum of more than 65 years in prison (without internet access, we hope) and a fine of $250,000.

Congratulations to the diligent investigators and prosecutors.

Jackie