Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace has won a $234 million anti-spam judgment against "Spam King" Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines, who were found guilty after not showing up in court to defend against charges they violated the 2003 Can-Spam Act, the Associated Press reported.

MySpace sued Wallace and Rines in March 2007, alleging they launched a phishing scheme to access MySpace profiles, and also sent hundreds of thousands of spam messages to its members.

"MySpace has zero tolerance for those who attempt to act illegally on our site," MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam told AP. "We remain committed to punishing those who violate the law and try to harm our members."

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also lodged a $4 million fine against Wallace in 1999.

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