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Criminal

Jun. 22, 2001

Internet Ad Used in Fraud Ruled a Mass Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO - Placing a classified ad on the Internet in order to carry out a fraud constitutes a "mass-marketing" solicitation that mandates a longer prison sentence, a split federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Placing a classified ad on the Internet in order to carry out a fraud constitutes a "mass-marketing" solicitation that mandates a longer prison sentence, a split federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
        The 2-1 vote by the 9th U.S. Cir...

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