| Aussie Lands In Trouble For Promoting Viagra Illegally
Date: September 13, 2006
Being tipped off by authorities in the Netherlands, the Australian Communications And Media Authority (ACMA) raided the home of a person belonging to Australia after accusing him of indulging in illegal Viagra promotion by sending two billion spam emails.
By sending the bogus emails to Dutch addresses the accused, who is presently on the verge of facing prosecution, tried to launch a wide illegal promotional campaign on Viagra. The Dutch authorities somehow came to know that the spam emails actually originated from an Australian source which further led the investigating agency to the accused.
Australian authorities were provided the tip off by OPTA, a department which oversees matters related to Dutch telecommunications. Since the anti-spam laws came into being in 2004 OPTA issued six warrants among which two were instrumental in the prosecution of Perth company Clarity1.
Anti-spam regulations have made it mandatory for first time offenders to pay a fine of $220,000 on a daily basis and for people who indulge in this kind of crime repeatedly the fine may exceed to $1.1 million.
Spam messages have been associated with a wealth of criminal activities like money laundering, fraud and illegal internet banking and have been further found to be related to Eastern European crime syndicates.
According to statistics revealed by the security software company Message Labs, the spam rate in Australia is 42 per cent, which is relatively low in comparison to the 61 per cent worldwide spam rate.
Source:
theaustralian.news.com |
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