Incessant, unsolicited e-mail brought out the worst of a Sunnyvale, California programmer who is now charged with 11 federal counts of illegal interstate communications after he graphically threatened to harm, torture and kill the alleged spammer in a series of e-mails and telephone messages. As it turns out, 44-year-old Charles Booher — who faces a maximum of five years in prison and US$250,000 in fines — directed his anger at the wrong company, an error that has highlighted the deception associated with unsolicited e-mail, also known as spam.
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Spam Threats Earn U.S. Programmer Arrest
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 24, 2003 02:23 PMIncessant, unsolicited e-mail brought out the worst of a Sunnyvale, California programmer who is now charged with 11 federal counts of illegal interstate communications after he graphically threatened to harm, torture and kill the alleged spammer in a series of e-mails and telephone messages. As it turns out, 44-year-old Charles Booher — who faces a maximum of five years in prison and US$250,000 in fines — directed his anger at the wrong company, an error that has highlighted the deception associated with unsolicited e-mail, also known as spam.