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== Successful prosecutions ==
== Successful prosecutions ==
"A federal jury in Phoenix, Arizona convicted Jeffrey Kilbride, 41, of Venice, California and James Schaffer, 41 of Paradise Valley, Arizona of eight counts, including conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, and transportation of obscene materials. ... They face up to five years in jail for each spam and obscenity offense and a fine of up to $500,000 and up to 20 years for money laundering. They will be sentenced in September" 2007.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/can_spam_convictions/</ref>
*"A federal jury in Phoenix, Arizona convicted Jeffrey Kilbride, 41, of Venice, California and James Schaffer, 41 of Paradise Valley, Arizona of eight counts, including conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, and transportation of obscene materials. ... They face up to five years in jail for each spam and obscenity offense and a fine of up to $500,000 and up to 20 years for money laundering. They will be sentenced in September" 2007.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/can_spam_convictions/</ref>
Robert Morris was a graduate student in computer science at Cornell University who released his [[worm]] on the internet on Nov. 2, 1988. In 1990, Morris was convicted of violating 18 USC § 1030. He appealed, and his conviction was affirmed in ''U.S. v. Morris'', 928 F.2d 504 (2d Cir. 1991). He petitioned the Supreme Court but it had better things to do, and it denied cert. in 502 U.S. 817 (1991).
*Robert Morris was a graduate student in computer science at Cornell University who released his [[worm]] on the internet on Nov. 2, 1988. In 1990, Morris was convicted of violating 18 USC § 1030. He appealed, and his conviction was affirmed in ''U.S. v. Morris'', 928 F.2d 504 (2d Cir. 1991). He petitioned the Supreme Court but it had better things to do, and it denied cert. in 502 U.S. 817 (1991).
*Many more convictions, including the first successful prosecution of a bot attack, can be found here: http://www.cybercrime.gov/cccases.html
== Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section United States Department of Justice ==
== Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section United States Department of Justice ==