We reported a couple of months ago on the court case that involved Nicholas Tombros, the man charged with sending unsolicited email from his car using other people's Wi-Fi networks.
Charged under the CAN SPAM Act of 2003, Nicholas Tombros was sending thousands of email messages from his laptop whilst driving in his car through California. Prosecutors said that he would log on to unencrypted wireless Internet access points to send the spam.
The CAN SPAM Act, which took effect January 1st, doesn't criminalize unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail, but it does prohibit most of the deceptive practices used by spammers.
In a guilty plea lodged with prosecutors, Nicholas Tombros now faces up to six months in custody.
Sentencing is set for December 27th.
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