Spammer convicted in jury trial under CAN SPAM

The LA Times is calling this the first defendant found guilty by a jury under the CAN-SPAM law.

Jeffrey Goodin of Azusa, CA was convicted for phishing credit and other personal information from AOL users. He was able to do about a million dollars worth of financial damage.

Story: Man guilty of Internet spam in AOL case. (Registration required).

More informaton from Law Fuel.com: 'Phisher' Guilty of Posing As AOL Billing Department And Obtaining Credit Card & Personal Information.

U.S. DOJ press release: 'Phisher' Guilty of Posing As AOL Billing Department And Obtaining Credit Card & Personal Information