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A federal judge in Los Angeles has awarded MySpace close to $230 million in its lawsuit against "Spam King" Sanford Wallace and his business partner Walter Rines. Judge Audrey B. Collins of United States District Court in the Central District of California ruled in MySpace's favor on Monday after the two men failed to show up in court, according to MySpace.

While many spammers have been designated "Spam King," Wallace earned the title back in the late 1990s as a result of spam messages sent by his company Cyber Promotions. Though Wallace appeared to leave the business in 1999 following legal troubles, a subsequence venture of his prompted an FTC lawsuit for distributing spyware that eventually resulted in a fine of over $4 million. In 2007, MySpace filed its lawsuit against Wallace.

Read full story: PC World

Related topics: Cybercrime, Law, Spam