Indictment puts Internet pranksters on notice
a.. Indictment says woman posed as a teen boy, feigned romantic interest
in girl

b.. Prosecutors: She used false data to create account to "harass, abuse
or harm" girl

c.. Authorities have said she set up account to find out what girl said
about her daughter

d.. Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself after hoax

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The groundbreaking move by federal
authorities to indict a Missouri mother on charges connected to the suicide
of a 13-year-old MySpace user has sent a strong message to the online world:
Internet impostors may be prosecuted.

"The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they can go
before they must stop," FBI official Salvador Hernandez said Thursday as
prosecutors unveiled a case that employs laws usually used against hackers
to go after the alleged perpetrator of a false-identity hoax.