Phishing Up the River

June 11 2007 we’ll know whether or not an AOL phisher will be facing 101 years in prison for his crimes. Jeffrey Brett Goodin, was convicted Friday of operating a sophisticated phishing scheme that involved sending e-mails posing as AOL’s billing department to trick people into giving up their credit card information. He then used the credit card data to make purchases.

The Goodin conviction is the first by a jury under the Can-Spam Act of 2003/ Goodin was convicted on multiple counts in addition to the Can-Spam conviction, including wire fraud, unauthorized use of credit cards, misuse of the AOL trademark and attempted witness harassment, prosecutors said.