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    I have found an article in my hometown newspaper, The Buffalo News, about a convicted spammer.

     

    Day of reckoning for spammer

     

     

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    'Real damage to victims'' leads to prison for sender of 850 million junk e-mails

     

    By MATT GRYTA

    News Staff Reporter

    5/28/2004 

     

    Associated Press

    Howard Carmack is led from Erie County Court after being sentenced to 31/2 to seven years in prison.

     

    A victim of Internet spammer Howard Carmack, the Buffalo man sentenced to prison Thursday for sending 850 million junk e-mails, said Carmack's illegal message turned his life upside down.

    Richard D. Boltuck, a consultant in Washington, D.C., said Carmack's hijacking of his computers caused him to lose legitimate communications with clients and "created real crime and real damage to victims" such as himself.

     

    Boltuck reacted by phone after Erie County Judge Michael L. D'Amico gave Carmack the maximum sentence of 31/2 to seven years in prison for his crimes.

     

    Carmack, 37, of Parkridge Avenue, the first person convicted of illegal spamming in New York State, told D'Amico he regretted his crimes but then accused Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer of treating him unfairly.

     

    "I don't see any victims," Carmack said.

     

    "I'm having a heck of a time figuring out why you think everybody is unfair to you," D'Amico said. "You think it's OK to take somebody's identity and use it for whatever purpose you want. You caused a great deal of harm to a lot of people."

     

    Carmack was convicted by a jury March 31 of defrauding the Internet service provider EarthLink; Boltuck; and seven other men in New York and Ohio.

     

    Assistant Attorneys General Paul F. McCarthy and Cydney Kelly said Carmack obtained EarthLink accounts in the victims' names or used their corporate e-mail addresses to sell products.

     

    Boltuck called the damage Carmack caused his reputation for integrity and good judgment "unquantifiable."

     

    He said he became aware of Carmack's scheme two years ago when he began receiving about 200 bounced-back messages returned to his e-mail address.

     

    He said he was shocked to learn that people worldwide were being left with the erroneous impression that he was promoting "the sale of dubious and embarrassing products" being pushed by Carmack.

     

    Boltuck said he learned that for every bounced or failed delivery attempt he became aware of, "a large number of similar messages were likely delivered successfully" by Carmack illegally using his e-mail address and damaging his reputation.

     

    EarthLink obtained a $16.4 million civil judgment against Carmack last May in Atlanta and sought the criminal conviction and prison term as further deterrents. EarthLink contended that Carmack ran 343 illegal e-mail accounts under false names until his arrest, also last May.

     

    Based on business and bank records and two computers seized at the home of Carmack and his mother, state prosecutors established that his illegal schemes netted him $60,000 to $70,000 annually.

     

    Karen Cashion, the EarthLink attorney who pressed its civil suit against Carmack, told The Buffalo News that Carmack's sentencing "sends a strong message to spammers that before they send one more spam e-mail, they should remember that what happened to Howard Carmack can happen to them."

     

    Cashion said EarthLink was pleased to provide Spitzer's prosecution team "evidence and testimony" that led to the lengthy prison term.

     

    "EarthLink will continue to investigate spammers and work with law enforcement with the same diligence that led to the Buffalo Spammer's jail sentence," Cashion added.

     

    After Thursday's sentencing, Carmack's attorney, Wayne C. Felle, who is appealing the 14-count conviction, said he was sure that Carmack's courtroom complaints were merely a display of his nervousness. Felle said Carmack has expressed to him genuine remorse for his misconduct.

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    Who would cull the Remans? Your post is unclear. If you mean the Romulans, so long as they keep them under control, it is not necessary to cull them. Just "accidently" shove Shinzon off a cliff. LOL

    Well its about honor...the Remans are second class citizens, and by

    doing what they did they have essentially 'dishonored' the Romulans. You must note that Romulan honor is intense. If one is very dishonored they usually take their own life. The Remans really Dishonored the Romulans by coming to power, and then to rule over them...bad pudding I say :(

     

    They would likely face the vengence of such treachery (In the Romulans Eyes I would Think)

    How could the Remans dishonor the Romulans? The Remans where not second class citizens. They where slaves to the Romulans. They where treated worse than we treat our farm animals. They had no rights in the Romulan empire. They could not choice they wanted to mate. The Romulans did had pick the best to mate so their off-spring could be the work in the mines. The problems with the Remans was created by the Romulans themselves. Do you remember at the beginning of the movie? The Remans did ask for their freedom. After what they did for the empire during the Demion War. The empire had the nerve to denied them their independence outright.