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A former AOL employee has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling members' details to spammers.
American Jason Smathers, 25, said he turned into a "cyberspace outlaw" after selling the database of 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses.
As a result of his actions in 2003, about seven billion unsolicited spam e-mails flooded inboxes of AOL members.
Prosecutors said Mr Smathers had violated recent Can-Spam laws, which aim to clamp down on unsolicited mail.
He was also accused of breaking US interstate transportation of stolen property laws.
American Jason Smathers, 25, said he turned into a "cyberspace outlaw" after selling the database of 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses.
As a result of his actions in 2003, about seven billion unsolicited spam e-mails flooded inboxes of AOL members.
Prosecutors said Mr Smathers had violated recent Can-Spam laws, which aim to clamp down on unsolicited mail.
He was also accused of breaking US interstate transportation of stolen property laws.
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