Say hello to your little jail cell. Last Friday, Robert Soloway, 28, of Seattle, Washington, pleaded guilty to a variety of fraud charges and failure to file a tax return in 2005. The one-time "king of spam" was listed as the eighth-largest spammer in the world, according to Spamhaus, which tracks these offenders.

Soloway has been on the losing end for quite a while now. Microsoft sued him in December 2003, for using a Hotmail address for a number of spam-related offenses, including advertisements for spamming software, as well as a global defamation campaign targeting Microsoft. Microsoft won a $7.8 million judgment in 2005.

Then in 2005, an Oklahoma ISP sued him for violating federal CAN-SPAM laws. Soloway fired his lawyer and eventually stopped showing up in court, resulting in a $10 million summary judgment for the ISP.

Not that anyone will collect. His lawyer tells the Seattle Times he's "essentially broke." With a maximum sentence of 26 years hanging over his head, he won't be working off his debts any time soon, either.