Spammer faces seven years in prison

A New York man, known as the Buffalo Spammer, has been found guilty of identity theft and forgery after sending out millions of unsolicited emails. A New York man who sent out millions of spam emails faces up to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of identity theft and forgery charges, the state attorney general's office said on Thursday. Howard Carmack, known as the "Buffalo Spammer," was found guilty by a Buffalo jury on 14 counts of identity theft and forgery, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said.

Carmack sent out 825 million bulk email messages using stolen identities and forged addresses, the state charged.

Carmack was the first defendant to face charges under the state's new identity-theft statute, Spitzer's office said.

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