Have you noticed less spam in your e-mail inboxes today?

If you have, it might be because authorities put Robert Soloway under arrest. Soloway, 27, is a Seattle resident who is known throughout the world as an aggressive spammer who sends out millions, maybe even tens of millions, of unsolicited, unwanted e-mails every day. He was indicted yesterday and is now at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac awaiting a detention hearing on Monday.

If found guilty, Soloway might have to spend decades in prison, a sentence far kinder than the one I’d hand down to anyone found guilty of spamming. The P-I has an article with an easy to follow detailing of the situation: [P-I]

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