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Man called Robert Alan Soloway is catched after federal grand jury specifies 35 collisions done by the spammer. Among others are letter theft, conection theft, email theft, identity theft, and money laundrying. He is alleged to apply "zombie computer network" to send millions of spam email.

Attorney express that Soloway use the computers which already infected by bad code to send spam email since year of 2003. The computers called as zombie because the user is unconscious has been infiltrated by bad program which programed to send spam email continuously.

Soloway has failed in similar demand for value of US $7 million submitted by Microsoft in year of 2005. An Internet access service provider in Olahoma also wins the suing for the price of US $10 million because the activity, but Soloway still doing the bad activity. One of spam sent loads link which is continued to page website managed by Soloway. In website, he offers its ability sending more than 20 million advertise email during more than 15 days, only with expense of US $495.

Soloway activity starts to investigated after the authoritative receives hundreds report of complain about spam. Department of Social Services, Santa Barbara, California, for example having to spend US $ 1000 per week to overcome spam. Soloway himself has inscribed as spam consignor by The Spamhaus Project, international organization of anti-spam.

"He is one of 10 biggest spam makers in world," said Tim Cranton, legal advisor of Microsoft which also senior director of Worldwide Internet safety Programs. He tells, Soloway has made many problems to the consumer so that the catched is happy news.

But, Soloway self defence with all accusations. Even the four bank accounts is freezed, he still can pay for the lawyer without resistance. Soloway himself till now lives in luxuriant apartment and ride his everyday Mercedes. Now, he must bend in prisoner and awaiting the next litigation.

AP