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Jason Smathers allegedly stole AOL screen names while working at AOL offices in Dulles, Va., and sold the list to Sean Dunaway, 21, of Las Vegas, prosecutors say. Dunaway used it to send gambling ads, then sold it to spammers, a criminal complaint said. Smathers, 24, allegedly used data encryption, AOL Instant Messenger and another employee's account in April and May 2003 to cull a list of AOL customers' screen names, ZIP codes,… Read More

According to the criminal complaint, Jason Smathers of Harpers Ferry, W. Va., used his inside knowledge of AOL's computer system to steal a list of 92 million AOL customer account “screen names,” and then sold them to Sean Dunaway, who is not an AOL employee. Dunaway, of Las Vegas, NV., was accused of using the list to promote his own Internet gambling business and also sold the list to other spammers for $52,000,… Read More