Facebook ‘Spam King’ Sanford Wallace Pleads Guilty
The “Spam King” has been dethroned, as Sanford Wallace entered a guilty plea on charges that he sent more than 27 million unsolicited Facebook messages.
The “Spam King” has been dethroned, as Sanford Wallace entered a guilty plea on charges that he sent more than 27 million unsolicited Facebook messages.
Wallace was indicted July 6, 2011, and surrendered to FBI agents the following month, with Facebook saying at the time:
Today, U.S. Attorney Melina Huaag announced that Sanford Wallace self-surrendered to agents from the FBI. On July 6, a federal grand jury in San Jose, Calif., indicted Wallace with multiple counts of fraud for sending unwanted messages and wall posts to people on Facebook.
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