A Naughty Boy Gets Into Facebook

Sanford Wallace (nee Samuel Weinstein)  is better known as "Spamford" on the web. The Las Vegas-based "Spam King" accessed Facebook members' accounts without their permission, and sent out fake Wall posts and spam messages from the compromised accounts. The internet marketer was famously head of a company, Cyber Promotions, that sent as many as 30 million junk email messages per day during the 1990s.  4
 
He has also abused the messaging facilities of other social networking sites. In May 2008, Wallace and his business partner, Walter Rines, were found guilty of carrying out phishing attacks against MySpace users, and spamming MySpace members with unsolicited messages. The social networking site won a $230 million payout from the "Spam King".

Wallace could face jail time following his latest attacks against Facebook. The judge who presided over the case referred Wallace for prosecution for criminal contempt of court. Either way, he will struggle to pay back the huge fine; Wallace filed for bankruptcy in June. 7