|
Scott Levine, formerly principal owner of e-mail marketing company Snipermail Inc., was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison on charges related to the theft of more than 1 billion data records, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Levine, 46, of Boca Raton, Fla., was convicted on 120 counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer, two counts of device fraud and one count of obstruction of justice, the DOJ said. A jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas found him guilty of the charges Aug. 12.
Between January and July 2003, while working with others at Snipermail, Levine stole more than 1 billion records containing personal information, including names, physical and e-mail addresses, and phone numbers, the DOJ said.
|