This article first appeared on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=50
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/15/spammer.gold.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
“AOL said Tuesday it intends to search for gold and platinum bars the company suspects are hidden near the home of Davis Wolfgang Hawke’s parents on two acres in Medfield, Massachusetts.”
AOL has already won a USD13M judgment against Hawke, who sent millions of unsolicited commercial messages (UCEs) to AOL customers. Winning the lawsuit was the easy part - now AOL is trying to collect from a defendant who never appeared at his own trial. AOL lawyers believe Hawke converted some of his holdings to previous metals and then buried the bars near his parents’ home.
Hawke’s mother said she that the family has not heard from her son in over a year. “We don’t know where is he,” she said. “We certainly wouldn’t allow him to put any gold on our property.”
If nothing else, I hope that Time Warner has bought the movie and TV rights. This will make an interesting story, especially if AOL’s prospectors find buried treasure. Ahoy!
Tags: AOL, email, Internet, legal, network, spam, Time-Warner-Cable, USA
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