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Canadian Man Ordered To Pay $873 Million In Fines For Spam

Adam Guerbuez has been ordered to pay $873 million in fines after sending four million spam messages to Facebook promoting marijuana and sexual-enhancement drugs.

From March to April 2008, Guerbuez sent 4,366,386 spam messages to Facebook users. He was fined $100 in damages and $100 in punitive damages for each of the messages.

The actual fine was ordered originally by a court in San Jose years ago and this was the enforcement order.

It may be a while before he makes good, however. He declared bankruptcy before the fine was imposed. Yet, on his blog, Guerbuez appears to relish his status as the world’s most fined spammer and seems to be taunting both Facebook and the court in past postings.

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