By Dan Goodin in San Francisco → More by this author A convicted spammer who who generated millions of dollars blasting out pump-and-dump messages has gone

By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News - The man known as "The Spam King" walked away from a minimum-security federal prison in Florence on Sunday and was last seen in Lakewood.
Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35, had been sentenced in April to serve 21 months for his role in sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited fraudulent e-mails touting certain penny stocks as excellent investments. Davidson also had been ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and to forfeit gold coins and other property he purchased with ill-gotten gains.
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Convicted penny-stock spammer Eddie Davidson walked away from a federal minimum-security prison camp in Colorado on Sunday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Davidson, 35, had been serving 21 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to criminal spam charges in December. He is now considered an escapee and is being pursued by U.S. marshals, with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and local police.
based on the trading volume of the stocks he was promoting.

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Edward “Eddie” Davidson, age 35, also known as the “spam king,” walked away from a federal prison camp in Florence on Sunday, July 20,

DENVER -- US Marshals are searching for a notorious "spam king" who walked away from a federal prison camp over the weekend. Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35,

By Heath Urie (Contact) A former Louisville man convicted in April of sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mail messages has walked away from his federal