Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Profiting From Spam, Email Hacking
A Boca Raton, Florida, man pleaded guilty to operating a spam email business, A Whole Lot of Nothing, and profiting from the hacking of email accounts, the DOJ said Thursday. Timothy Livingston, 31, faces up to 10 years in prison…
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on multiple counts of fraud and aggravated identity theft, DOJ said. He's to be sentenced Jan. 27, Justice said. Livingston agreed to pay back more than $1.3 million gained through the spam business since 2011 and forfeit two cars he bought with the revenue, DOJ said. Livingston’s customers included insurance companies and illegal online pharmacies that wanted to send mass advertising emails, Justice said. Livingston admitted in a New Jersey federal court that he hacked into individual email accounts and utilized corporate mail servers to further his spam campaigns.