6 Years for California Spammer

A California man who was found guilty in January of operating a sophisticated phishing scheme that attempted to dupe thousands of AOL users received a prison sentence Monday of 70 months — a fraction of the 101 years he could have been given.
In the first jury conviction under the Can-Spam Act of 2003, Jeffrey Brett Goodin, of Azusa, Calif., was convicted of sending thousands of e-mails set up to appear to be from AOL’s billing department to the company’s users, prompting them to reply with personal and credit-card information. He then used the information to make unauthorized purchases, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.

It’s great that there has finally been a conviction in relation to Spam activities, but I think six years is kinda light for an individual who scammed credit card and other personal information from unknowing individuals.

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