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Facebook Awarded $711 Million in "Spam King" Lawsuit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 30, 2009 - 9:47am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has won a $711 million judgment against an alleged spammer who the company said accessed members' accounts without permission and sent phony wall posts and messages.

The company had received a temporary restraining order against notorious "spam king" Sanford Wallace and two others in March.

"While we don't expect to receive the vast majority of the award, we hope that this will act as a continued deterrent against these criminals," Facebook wrote in its company blog.

"Most notably, the judge referred Wallace to the U.S. Attorney's Office with a request that Wallace be prosecuted for criminal contempt, which means that in addition to the judgment, he now faces possible jail time."

 

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Published in DMW Daily, October 30, 2009
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Social Networking | Facebook | Sanford Wallace |



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