Facebook Wins $711 Million Lawsuit Against 'Spam King'
A federal judge on Thursday awarded social networking giant Facebook a $711 million judgment against notorious long-time spammer Sanford Wallace. Talk about being unfriended.
CNET News.com’s Steven Musil reports:
Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s application for a default judgment against Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing e-mails. Fogel also found that Wallace “willfully violated” a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction issued in the case and referred the matter to the U.S.
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