TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: California Spammer Convicted via the Can-Spam Law

California Spammer Convicted via the Can-Spam Law

Danny Burstein (dannyb@panix.com)
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:00:00 EST

( and note that this was a real trial, not a default/no-show )

" An Azusa man who defrauded users of Time Warner Inc.'s America
Online unit by sending e-mails requesting credit data became the first
defendant found guilty by a jury under a 2003 federal law barring
Internet spam.

" Jeffrey Goodin, 45, was convicted under the 2003
Can-Spam Act, the U.S. attorney's office in Los
Angeles said Tuesday. The statute prohibits sending
unsolicited e-mail messages with falsified header,
or return address, information ...

rest:

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-spam17jan17,1,5367016.story?coll=la-mininav-technology&ctrack=1&cset=true

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