Phisher Faces 101 Years of Prison Time
The jury found phisher Jeffrey Brett Goodin guilty not only of infringement of the Can-Spam Act, but also of 10 other counts, including misuse of AOL's trademark, witness harassment, failure to appear in court, wire fraud, and aiding and abetting the unauthorized use of credit cards. Sentencing for Goodin's convictions will be handed down on June 11, with the maximum jail time topping out at 101 years in federal prison.
The jury found phisher Jeffrey Brett Goodin guilty not only of infringement of the Can-Spam Act, but also of 10 other counts, including misuse of AOL's trademark, witness harassment, failure to appear in court, wire fraud, and aiding and abetting the unauthorized use of credit cards. Sentencing for Goodin's convictions will be handed down on June 11, with the maximum jail time topping out at 101 years in federal prison.
First person ever convicted under the Can-Spam Act. Basically the guy used email accounts and web pages to spoof AOL's billing department and dupe people into giving him their credit card numbers and other damaging info, then used the CC numbers to make online purchases, etc. Nice to see that they're cracking down on this as I can imagine how effective the tactic is among people who lack computer savvy, like our parents' generation for instance.
I will say he picked a nice soft target in AOL customers....
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