Brenton Chin's Blog

Was reading the Financial Post and came upon this article.

Does the man above look scary to you? Well, you’re looking at a Facebook SPAMMER who has been ordered by the Quebec court to pay a fine for his spamming ways/ This Quebec man is not just an ordinary spammer, because he spammed to such an extent that he must pay Facebook US$1,068,928,721.46 in fines. That over a BILLION dollars in fines. Hefty fine eh?

This man apparently sent 4,366,386 spam emails to Facebook users in 2008. That is a LOT…  In these emails, he promoted medication to treat erectile dysfunction and other diseases

The man did not contest the charges, and offered no defence. He appealed the ruling to Quebec because his lawyers believed the damage claim was “disproportionate.” (whatever that means).  The judge has also banned the man  from having a Facebook account or being involved in any way with the social-networking site.

But heck, that was the least of his troubles, huh! Just thought this article was interesting!

Read more: http://www.financialpost.com/news/Quebec+spammer+must+Facebook/3627938/story.html#ixzz11e3NshQW