| 1 | SAN JOSE, Calif. |
| 2 | - Federal officials say a Nevada man has pleaded guilty to sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users. |
| 3 | U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said Monday that 47-year-old Sanford Wallace of Las Vegas admitted in federal court San Jose, California, to accessing about 500,000 Facebook accounts and sending the unsolicited ads disguised as friend requests over a three-month period. |
| 4 | Wallace acknowledged accessing Facebook's computer network in order to send the spam messages on three occasions between November 2008 and February 2009. |
| 5 | Haag says Wallace also admitted that he violated a court order not to access Facebook's computer network. |