“Spam King” Robert Alan Soloway arrested

June 1, 2007 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

Robert Alan Soloway is known as the top 10 spam king in the world, according to source, Mr.Alan has a network of zombie computers and has the ability to spam millions of inboxs within days for a sum of USD500 or less. According to the indictment Soloway used programs and many different proxy computers in an effort to hide the source of the messages.

Robert Alan Soloway, 27, faces a jail term of up to 65 years if he is convicted on a 35-count federal indictment that includes wire fraud, e-mail fraud, money-laundering and aggravated identity theft. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.


The only way it is ever going to stop is if people stop buying goods sold via spam. The big problem is that spam works - it makes money for the spammers.

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