This American Mom Prepared Murder Plot, Not Apple Pie! 
"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.
Mrs. Drew, it seems, felt her daughter was competing with Megan Meier. She devised this cunning way to eliminate her daughter's competition. But federal prosecutors, using a federal statute used to prosecute fraud across state lines, have indicted Mrs. Drew.
The Internet website My Space is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. This criminally inclined mom is no role model for an ideal American mother.
She deserved to be punished, or should we say, "Get her just desserts."
KEYWORDS: My Space, Using Internet Account to Misrepresent and Harass
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