In the US, its a federal crime to sell spyware. The creator of StealthGenie, 31-year-old Danish citizen Hammad Akbar, pleaded guilty to advertising and selling the spyware app. Akbar was indicted in the US state of Virginia in October on federal wiretapping charges of creating and distributing a known interception device. He was sentenced to time served, ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and to turn over the source code for the app.”]