Three Spammers Pay $200,000, Face 5 Years for Fraud

Three Illinois residents have agreed to give back $200,000 to settle charges they ran a fraudulent work-at-home envelope-stuffing scheme and one could face nearly five years in jail, U.S. regulators said. The Federal Trade Commission said Nelson Barrero, Eduardo Gonzales and Ileana M. Morales promised to pay consumers $2 for each envelope stuffed, but rarely sent money or supplies after consumers sent them an initial $40 payment.