The first convicted spyware maker in over a decade has avoided jail time after earlier pleading guilty to U.S. federal charges associated with running his surveillance company. Bryan Fleming was sentenced on Friday in a San Diego federal court to time served and a $5,000 fine, confirmed a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, whose office brought the charges against Fleming. During a plea hearing in January following a years-long federal investigation into…
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