SMS spammer nailed for $200k

Link: SMS spammer hit with $200,000 fine – vnunet.com

Verizon
Wireless has won a legal case against a SMS spammer who sent out 100,000 messages via its network.

Specialized Programming and Marketing, and its owner Charles Henderson, were accused of sending 100,000 text messages to Verizon subscribers offering a prize of a cruise in the Bahamas on behalf of Passport Holidays.

Verizon promptly sued under the US Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the fine imposed will be not less than $200,000.

I’d like to see some UK operators doing that sort of thing 😉

Well, I’d have liked to have seen it. SMS spam — is it much of a nuisance any more in the UK?