Jeffrey B. Goodin, 45, of California faces more than 100 years in jail for perpetrating a phishing scheme that targeted users of the giant internet service provider, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
Goodin urged AOL members to update their personal information on a fraudulent website, threatening them with loss of service, according to a DOJ statement.
Once redirected to the fake site, users were asked to provide names, addresses, AOL account information, and credit or debit card data.
Consumers lost about US$1 million to the scheme, according to press reports.
Goodin is scheduled to be sentenced 11 June in a Los Angeles court, according to reports.
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California phisher faces century in jail for targeting AOL users
A California man has been convicted of violating the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 for mass-emailing AOL users and requesting credit card information.
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