The Spam King discrowned

A spammer called Sanford Wallace, also known as the Spam King, was condemned to paying Facebook 711 million dollars for hacking into members’ accounts and sending out fake wall posts and messages. Furthermore Wallace and accomplices were banned from the social network site for life. It wasn’t the first time the Spam King was found guilty on charges of sending junk messages. In 2008 MySpace also won a lawsuit against the notorious spammer. Facebook also announced that they will continue pursuing damages against other spammers. In November 2008, Facebook won another case against Atlantis Blue Capital, a business which sent Facebook users sexually explicit spam messages.

Robin

Sources:
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20091030_054&word=facebook
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/30/technology/facebook_spammer/index.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D9BL656G0.htm