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Under a variety of aliases, Jaynes used 16 T1 internet connections to send hundreds of thousands of e-mails per day, using e-mail lists later reported stolen from AOL and EBay , amongst others. Spamhaus , a directory of junk e-mailers, estimated that he was the eighth most prolific spammer in the world for the period in question. [http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=155 Jaynes used different identities and front businesses for different types of spam. Under the alias "Gaven Stubberfield", Jaynes was responsible for a large amount of Animal Sex Pornography spam, advertising images of women having sex with horses and dogs. He used another front, "National Wealth Builders", to promote Get-rich-quick Scheme s. PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION Along with his sister , he was convicted in Leesburg , Virginia , as he had used servers located in that state. He was sentenced to nine years in jail, while his sister was fined $7,500. A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski , was acquitted. DeGroot's conviction was later overturned by a judge, but Jaynes' conviction was upheld. Amongst the witnesses was John Levine , author of ''The Internet For Dummies ''. {Link without Title} During the trial it was revealed that Jaynes had delivered physical junk mail during the 1990s. His e-mail outfit primarily advertised a variety of " Work At Home " schemes. Of the hundreds of thousands of e-mails he broadcast per day, only an estimated 10-17,000 replied; but with orders of $39.95 per customer, Jaynes may have earned up to $750,000 per month, {Link without Title} and amassed a personal fortune estimated at $24 million (unclear as to where this figure originated - court proceedings never established origin), against line rental of $50,000 per month. Although the prosecution had argued for a sentence of fifteen years in jail, the jury decided on nine years. Judge Thomas Horne, presiding, agreed to this sentence in April 2005 . {Link without Title} However, Judge Horne postponed the sentence while the case is in appeals. Jaynes' defense lawyer, David Oblon, has argued that the sentence is an unconstitutional infringement of free speech; conversely, Assistant Attorney General Russell McGuire, who prosecuted the case, argues that a lengthy sentence will serve as a deterrent. Oblon believes that they will win the appeal, while Jaynes remains under a $1 Million bond. EXTERNAL LINKS
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