UK man jailed for tsunami fake e-mails
Publish date: 26 January 2005
Issue Number: 1065
Diary: Legalbrief eLaw
Category: Cybercrime
A British man has been sentenced to six months in prison for sending e-mails to relatives of people missing after the tsunami disaster.
Chris Pierson pleaded guilty to charges of malicious communication and causing a public disturbance, reports The Telegraph. He had sent more than 35 e-mails, apparently from the Foreign Office in Thailand, to worried relatives of people missing after the disaster that claimed to be confirmation that the missing person was in fact dead. Full report in The Telegraph
