"LOS ANGELES - In a highly unusual use of a federal law generally employed in computer fraud cases, a federal grand jury here on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman accused of using a phony online identity to track and taunt a 13-year-old girl, who committed suicide in response to the cyberbaiting.

"The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing a computer without authorization and via Interstate commerce to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.  Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison."

Mrs. Drew of O'Fallon, Missouri, created a My Space Account using a phony name of Josh Evans.  She contacted a young girl named Megan Meier, pretending to be a man.