Quick Update: Scott Richter Makes the News

This isn’t the first time he’s run into legal issues over advertising. As I mentioned before, he’s had to settle with both Microsoft and the State of New York regarding allegations relating to spam.

This time around, Richter, CEO of MediaBreakaway, (previously known as OptinRealBig), is being accused by MySpace of having "arranged for millions of spam 'bulletins"' to be sent from MySpace users' accounts without their knowledge by gaining access to them illegally, according to the lawsuit.

Read more about it here or here.

If you want to learn more about Richter, Wikipedia and Google are both great places to start.