Sanford Wallace, who’s known as the “Spam King” pleads guilty for 27m Facebook messages

Wallace fooled people into showing their login facts which he subsequently used to get half a million accounts.

Then he used those accounts to send spam.

The charges against Wallace contained fraud and criminal contempt in connection with abusing electronic mail, in accordance with a statement in the district attorney.

Among Wallace’s strategies for spreading junk called for targeting Facebook users with fake “friend requests”, which were in fact disguised ads.

As element of the guilty plea, he admitted to intentionally violating an order to not get the computer network of Facebook.

The move relates to your charge filed in 2011, that was the effect of an FBI investigation.
He’ll be sentenced on 2.