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Database thief charged.

A US man has been charged with stealing a database of US physicians with the intention of selling it on to spammers.

Forty-six-year-old William Bailey, Jr is alleged to have downloaded the contact details of 80,000 members of a database maintained by the American College of Physicians (ACP) with the intention of selling the details on his own website. Bailey's website, dr-411.com, advertises professional organization member databases for sale, including addresses and email addresses for doctors, dentists, lawyers and estate agents. Bailey faces a maximum penalty of 55 years in jail and $2.75m in fines if found guilty.

01 August 2006

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