The FTC announced earlier today the first federal criminal case under the CAN-SPAM Act.
At the same time, the Feds announced a separate action to go after the assets of foreign nationals.
Many foreign nationals have posed the question, why should I be concerned?
Hopefully this action will put to rest this view, especially in the case of the action taken against the New Zealand resident.
Why? Unlike Australia, New Zealand does not have specific legislation dealing with spam although it does have laws dealing with unfair and deceptive trade practices.
To review the formal press release by the Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/04/040429canspam.htm
In the case of the foreign nationals, the underlying fact connection? The product was being dropped shipped by a US supplier to American consumers in response to the unlawful promotional effort by foreign nationals.
According to the memo filed by the FTC with the Court in support of the restraining order, the foreign nationals were listed in Spamhaus's Registry of Known Spam Operations
Regards,
John Glube
Toronto, Canada
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