UK-based payday loan company fined 175,000 ($283,500) for sending millions of spam text messages. Thousands of people complained to the Information Commissions Office after receiving thousands of spam messages. The company’s former sole director, Hamed Shabani, was prosecuted on 8 October 2013 for failing to notify First Financial’s processing of personal information with the ICO, which is a legal requirement under the Data Protection Act. He was fined 1,180.66 ($1,912.67) despite trying to claim he had no affiliation with the company.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/18/uk-payday-loan-spammers-fined-175k-for-hi-mate-texts/