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→Successful prosecutions: MySpace conviction
== Successful prosecutions ==
== Successful prosecutions ==
*"Ms. Drew could face up to three years in prison and $300,000 in fines" for her conviction on "three misdemeanor charges of computer fraud for her involvement in creating a phony account on MySpace to trick a teenager." "If you are going to attempt to annoy or go after a little girl and you're going to use the Internet to do so," the federal prosecutor said, "this office and others across the country will hold you responsible."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/us/27myspace.html?_r=1]</ref>
*Up to "a total of 60 years in prison and fines of $1.75 million" face botnet user John Schiefer, convicted of 4 felonies for "accessing protected computers, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud." Some of his accomplices were teenagers.<ref>[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046499&intsrc=hm_list]</ref>
*Up to "a total of 60 years in prison and fines of $1.75 million" face botnet user John Schiefer, convicted of 4 felonies for "accessing protected computers, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud." Some of his accomplices were teenagers.<ref>[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046499&intsrc=hm_list]</ref>