<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Wow, that's truly a CAN-SPAM judgment. After a long list of a decade of crimes committed we see this summary:</span><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121" class="">“These defendants spent years illegally sending billions of spam emails nationwide which made millions
of dollars,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy. “The FBI remains committed to pursuing these criminal conspiracies, no matter how long it takes, and holding them accountable in a court of law. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div>Hold them accountable? You call THIS (below) accountable?</span><br class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In exchange for misdemeanor pleas, the defendants have each agreed to admit their involvement in the scheme, to undertake 100 hours of community service, and to pay a maximum $100,000 fine.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Now keep in mind that none of them spent time in jail. So let's put this together: your enterprise makes millions of dollars breaking the laws for a decade... and it costs you a misdemeanor, less than 13 days of community service, and $100,000? That's not even a slap on a wrist. That's downright positive encouragement. Do you really think any of them are going to not go right back into this business?</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I've seen teenagers face years in prison for one evening of poor decisions. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;" class="">Seriously, teens who steal cars get bigger sentences than this, and have to live with felony records for the rest of their lives. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;" class="">These misdemeanors can be removed from the public record in as little as 3 years. </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">These career criminals were given a go-right-ahead, nothing to worry about here.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Before any of you jump up to say they also had to pay $3million against their revenue, I seriously doubt that 3 million is all they made and the article makes that clear as well. $100,000 x 3 is exactly the app store fee for doing $1 million in business. I'd happily pay that if I took in a single million dollars... and the article straight up says they made significantly more.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I'm going to find out who Stacey Moy is, and engage people who can do something about why someone not competent is letting their (likely) buddies go with less than a slap on the wrist. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div></div><div class="">
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