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Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts)
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:08 PM Feb 2016

Indiana man gets 27 months in international spam case

Source: AP

By JOE MANDAK

PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Indiana man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for helping send millions of illegal spam messages to U.S. and international cellphones and computers.

Thirty-one-year-old Phillip Fleitz of Indianapolis was ordered Monday in Pittsburgh to begin serving the term immediately.

Two other men were placed on probation in the case, and Fleitz's defense attorney contended that prison would be overkill in light of those sentences.

But prosecutors said Fleitz originated the scheme, was already on probation for driving under the influence and has failed drug tests since his arrest.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c99e72662acf44d7a48103a501af18fa/indiana-man-gets-27-months-international-spam-case

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Indiana man gets 27 months in international spam case (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2016 OP
Bigger penis or Nigerian prince? nt valerief Feb 2016 #1
Finally, a threat to society is going to prison chapdrum Feb 2016 #2
Not to mention Michigan's sociopathic governor KamaAina Feb 2016 #3
So many sociopaths chapdrum Feb 2016 #7
Make Your Dick As Big As A Club! NaturalHigh Feb 2016 #4
If he was just a banker selling fake stock, nothing would have happened. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #5
Not a GOP donor vinny9698 Feb 2016 #6
 

chapdrum

(930 posts)
2. Finally, a threat to society is going to prison
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:16 PM
Feb 2016

And ehhxxcellent that the Wall St. sociopathic thieves are still at their desks, doing what they do best.

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