News: Stock spammers charged

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a "recidivist securities law violator" and his wife with "orchestrating a fraud scheme to inflate the price of WebSky, Inc., a San Francisco-based penny stock company, using spam email." According to the press release, "the couple pocketed more than $1 million in proceeds as a result of the scam." It should come as no shock to discover that they haven't been entirely honest about things, both in the spam they used to promote the stock, and in their dealings generally. Thanks to The Register for bringing this to my attention. It's always nice to hear of a scammer facing justice.