Facebook Spammer Slapped With $873M CAN-SPAM Fine

Shogun · 25th November 2008, 02:42

Facebook added nearly $1 billion to its imaginary coffers Friday when a federal judge ordered a spammer to pay the social networking company $837 million in damages, the largest fine ever issued under the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2004.

Canadian Adam Guerbuez and his company Atlantis Blue Capital were found liable for statutory damages and aggravated statutory damages totaling $437 million each related to an Atlantis Blue Capital junk e-mail campaign conducted in March and April of this year. Guerbuez was sued in the U.S. Court for Northern California by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook for spamming the Web site's users with some 4 million e-mail ads for marijuana, male enhancement and assorted sexual propositions.

http://www.crn.com/security/212200253

25th November 2008, 02:42	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	Facebook Spammer Slapped With $873M CAN-SPAM Fine Facebook added nearly $1 billion to its imaginary coffers Friday when a federal judge ordered a spammer to pay the social networking company $837 million in damages, the largest fine ever issued under the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2004. Canadian Adam Guerbuez and his company Atlantis Blue Capital were found liable for statutory damages and aggravated statutory damages totaling $437 million each related to an Atlantis Blue Capital junk e-mail campaign conducted in March and April of this year. Guerbuez was sued in the U.S. Court for Northern California by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook for spamming the Web site's users with some 4 million e-mail ads for marijuana, male enhancement and assorted sexual propositions. http://www.crn.com/security/212200253

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