AU: Spam mastermind faces court

Amelia Bentley reports:

A Sunshine Coast man accused of being the mastermind of the world’s largest online spam operation, which could send 10 billion emails a day, faced court in Brisbane today.

Lance Thomas Atkinson, 26, has admitted to being behind a large-scale spam-sending operation that sent emails to internet users all over the world.

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Atkinson, who had already been fined $16 million by US authorities over his spam set-up, this morning faced court action from the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Read more in The Age.