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A US federal judge has awarded an internet service provider more than $US1 billion($1.32 billion) in what is believed to be the largest judgement ever against spammers.
Robert Kramer, whose company provides email 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 emails a day in 2000, according to court documents.
US District Judge Charles R Wolle filed default judgements yesterday against three of the defendants under the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (RICO) and the Iowa Ongoing Criminal Conduct Act.
AMP Dollar Savings of Mesa, Arizona, was ordered to pay $US720 million and Cash Link Systems of Miami, Florida, was ordered to pay $US360 million. The third company, Florida-based TEI Marketing Group, was ordered to pay $US140,000.
"It's definitely a victory for all of us that open up our email and find lewd and malicious and fraudulent email in our boxes every day," Mr Kramer said after the ruling.
 News source: AustralianIT
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