Facebook Wins 'Spam King' Sanford Wallace's Surrender

Some people just can't seem to earn an honest living, and arch-spammer Sanford Wallace places high on that list, but Facebook and the FBI have won the latest round.

Some people just can’t seem to earn an honest living, and “Spam King” Sanford Wallace places high on that list. Fortunately, Facebook has just won a big victory against the man considered to have invented spamming.

Following his indictment July 6, Wallace surrendered himself to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Las Vegas Thursday, and he was charged with multiple counts of fraud, three counts of intentional damages to a protected computer, and two counts of criminal contempt.

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