p2pnet.net News:- Three spam firms have been ordered to pay a total of $1 billion under the Federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act and the Iowa Ongoing Criminal Conduct Act.

“Robert Kramer, whose company provides e-mail service for about 5,000 subscribers in eastern Iowa, filed suit against 300 spammers after his inbound mail servers received up to 10 million spam e-mails a day in 2000, according to court documents,” says the Associated Press, continuing:

“AMP Dollar Savings Inc. of Mesa, Ariz., was ordered to pay $720 million and Cash Link Systems Inc. of Miami, Fla., was ordered to pay $360 million. The third company, Florida-based TEI Marketing Group, was ordered to pay $140,000.”

There were no telephone listings for the three companies in Arizona and Florida. Nobody replied to an e-mail sent Saturday to Cash Link Systems, says AP.

According to court documents, no attorneys for the defendants were present during a bench trial in November, it says, adding: “The lawsuit continues against other named defendants.”

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See:-
$1 billion – ISP Awarded $1 Billion in Anti-Spam Suit, Associated Press, December 18, 2004

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