Phillies fanatic faces 471 years in hacking
Federal officers have arrested a Philadelphia Phillies fan in California on charges of hacking into computers and sending thousands of spam e-mails to sports reporters at two newspapers.
Allan Eric Carlson, 39, was arrested Tuesday by FBI agents at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale and charged with hacking, spoofing return addresses, launching spam attacks, and stealing identities by using fake e-mail addresses, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
He was released on $25,000 bail and ordered not to use the Internet, said Michael Levy, an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia.
Carlson faces up to 471 years in prison and $117.25 million in fines.
Despite a competitive season, the Phillies failed to win a spot in Major League Baseball's championship playoffs. The spam messages were critical of Phillies management and the media, including one e-mail that had a subject line reading, "Corrupt Philly Media Keeps Phils in Cellar," according to the indictment.
Carlson used fake return addresses, belonging to sports reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, the indictment said.
Many of spam messages bounced back to the reporters' e-mail accounts, crippling the servers where they were stored, according to the indictment.
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I think thats the least a spammer should get.
