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AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme
LostCluster writes "The AP, Reuters, and AOL's own CNN/Money are all reporting that AOL employee Jason Smathers has been arrested and accused of taking a list of 92 million screennames from the internal AOL system, and selling it to another man, who allegedly used it 'to promote his own Internet gambling business and also sold the list to other spammers for $52,000'. Not surprisingly, Smathers has been fired."
Aren't we supposed to wait for someone to be found guilty before punishing them?
Homeowner: Look what you did to my lawn!
Lawnboy: Hey, you can't prove I did it. You were at work at the time. Cough up the twenty bucks mister.
Homeowner: Get the hell off my property, I don't ever want to see you again!
Lawnboy: Oh no mister, you don't get off that easy. I'll be back Tuesday to do it again and there's nothing you can do to stop me. Better be prepared to cough up another twenty bucks too, or I'll have your ass in court.
Homeowner: What the hell are you talking about? I can hire or not hire anyone to mow my lawn as I please.
Lawnboy: No you can't. I haven't been found guilty of anything.
Homeowner: Listen smartass, if you aren't off my property in one minute you will be absolutely guilty of trespassing and I'll a)call the cops and press charges and b) get my shotgun loaded with rock salt on my way back out of the house, because, lucky me, we have a "make my day" law in this state.
Lawnboy: (sound of sonic boom)
KFG